sooth·say·ing /-ˌseɪŋ/
占卜,預言
Sooth·say·ing, n.
1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.]
2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions.
A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . . . which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. --Acts xvi. 16.
3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.
Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain. --Eclus. xxxiv. 5.
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soothsaying
n : the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by
supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling, fortune
telling]