divination

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

2. 2
   noun

   a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

3. 3
   noun

   successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

4. 4
   noun

   The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.

5. 5
   noun

   The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.

6. 6
   noun

   An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.

Etymology

From Old French divination, from Latin divinatio.