Ariolation
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Soothsaying; prophecy. obsolete, uncountable
"Thus the Priests of Elder time, have put upon them many incredible conceits, […] deluding their apprehensions with Ariolation, South saying, and such oblick Idolatries […]"
Example
More examples"Thus the Priests of Elder time, have put upon them many incredible conceits, […] deluding their apprehensions with Ariolation, South saying, and such oblick Idolatries […]"
Etymology
From (the stem of) Latin ariolari, hariolari, from hariolus (“soothsayer”) + -ation.
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