soothsaying

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“I have heard of you, too, children. They claim you are performing miracles. Healing? Soothsaying? Acts of strength beyond all credibility?”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Soothsaying and exorcism may be traced far back to the fifth and sixth centuries B.C.

From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by Osler, William

The lowest division contained the gods Hielano, or Magic; Bishano, or Sorcery; Nidialano, or Astrology; Padomano, or Soothsaying, etc.

From The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar by Bradshaw, William Richard

Soothsaying is one of my fortes—my Martello tower, in fact.

From The Brother of Daphne by Yates, Dornford

Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah