Ariolation

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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