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.