divination
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Divination rituals, for example, were essentially Mesopotamian in origin and included studying the organs of sacrificed animals, consulting female soothsayers, and observing the movement of birds.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Divination is a hard task, but someone’s gotta do it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2022
Divination tools like tarot cards and tea leaves get called magical, but lists and mind maps can be equally magically creative.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2020
Divination professor Sybil Trelawney is one of the Potterverse’s more thankless roles, given that almost everyone finds her annoying, irritating or both.
From The Guardian • May 9, 2019
Harry and Ron were deeply amused when Professor Trelawney told them that they had received top marks for their homework in their next Divination class.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing divination
The Alchemist
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