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n. - An authoritative person who divines the future.

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Usage examples (5)
  • Whereupon the owner of that soul deserveth to be termed a vaticinator, or prophet.
  • Epistemon, the custom of the grand vaticinator and prophet
  • I was also engaged as sporting prophet to the Tipster, and was not less successful than my contemporaries as a vaticinator of future events.
  • He has concluded what his countrymen will hereafter cherish as the legacy of genius -- you see him now changed; and the restlessness of his soul is thrown into his very...
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