In the Celtic Tradition, the year begins at Samhain, this is the most powerful night of the year to perform divination. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Hence the word divination has a sinister signification. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
When they hear that Nebuchadnezzar by his divination is directed to. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
Myomancy (divination from the movements of mice) and other divination terms. From Wordnik.com. [May « 2009 « Sentence first] Reference
I think we each would’ve received O. W.L.s in divination, don’t you?. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Something New] Reference
For this we know is the prize of magical incantations, namely divination and prophecy. From Wordnik.com. [The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura] Reference
The first is gathered from the principle of divination, which is a compact made expressly with a demon by the very fact of invoking him. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore it seems that this kind of divination is not unlawful. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Pythagoras rejects all manner of divination which is by sacrifices. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
The divination which is practiced without express invocation of the demons is of two kinds. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Either way, it's obvious to all but the kool-aid drinking trolls that it was a biased "divination" of voter's intent. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Mail Ballot Lifecycle] Reference
Belomancy was a kind of divination by arrows, practised among various nations in the East, but chiefly among the Arabians. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
This kind of divination, is known in Arabic by the word Makton, i. e. From Wordnik.com. [Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis] Reference
'This kind of divination was generally practised to discover thieves. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02] Reference
The sticks were shaken up, and from the figures that they formed a kind of divination was derived. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Fable] Reference
He possessed this kind of divination from first impressions, and not uncommonly it proved correct. From Wordnik.com. [Four Weird Tales] Reference
Dahlia replied to her sister's unspoken feeling, with the shrewd divination which is passion's breathing space. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
The latter, again, were divided into many smaller classes according to the particular kind of divination which they practised. From Wordnik.com. [Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria] Reference
Though the Romans themselves still eschewed the art of medicine, considering it a kind of divination, skilled Greek doctors were in demand at. From Wordnik.com. [The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries] Reference
"In this kind of divination," says Peucer, "the response is given by pictures, not by sounds. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
No; he does not accuse me, "Dahlia replied to her sister's unspoken feeling, with the shrewd divination which is passion's breathing space. From Wordnik.com. [Rhoda Fleming — Complete] Reference
The dead characters lay in a pool of their own divination. From Wordnik.com. [Primary Creative] Reference
There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
Tea-leaves are habitually used by many people as a means of divination. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
A wide, shallow cup is the best kind to use for tea-leaf divination -- white if possible. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
His mother begged the aunt, known for her powers of divination, for a tarot card reading. From Wordnik.com. ["Our love story was written in the stars"] Reference
And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of Madian, went with the price of divination in their hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
As in other forms of divination, so with the reading of the tea-cup, a great deal depends on the seer. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
Israel, he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
For there shall be no more any vain visions, nor doubtful divination in the midst of the children of Israel. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 31: Ezechiel The Challoner Revision] Reference
There is in Paris a famous clairvoyant who always uses tea-leaves as the medium for her powers of divination. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
For those who wish to use the saucer as a further means of divination, the following suggestions will be useful. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
Have you not seen a vain vision and spoken a lying divination: and you say: The Lord saith: whereas I have not spoken. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 31: Ezechiel The Challoner Revision] Reference
"Party members are worshiping Buddhas and practicing astrology, divination, geomancy and physiognomy," admits the People's Daily. From Wordnik.com. [Apocalypse When] Reference
It has, however, proved its extreme usefulness as a means of divination, as well as its merits as a beverage, for close upon three centuries. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
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