vaticination

[ vuh-tis-uh-ney-shuhn, vat-uh-suh- ]

noun

1. an act of prophesying.
2. a prophesy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaticination¹

First recorded in 1595–1605, vaticination is from the Latin word vāticinātiōn- (stem of vaticinātiō ). See vaticinate, -ion

Example Sentences

Whatever may seem of a larger import, in Seneca's language, than events had fully justified, belongs to the obscure and lofty strain of remote vaticinations, or to the exaggerations of flattery.

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For the rest, you will be tired of hearing that, for vaticination, you, to excess, simplify.

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Unfortunately, Lilly’s knowledge was always embodied ‘in generals,’ and the misty vagueness of his vaticinations renders it impossible for the reader to pin them down to any definite meaning.

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Everybody knows the description given by Virgil of the Cumaean sybil at the moment of vaticination: "The god, the god, she cried," etc.

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If not, where was there room for marvel at Simeon's vaticination?

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