Associations to the word «Divinatory»

Wiktionary

DIVINATORY, adjective. Pertaining to divination.

Dictionary definition

DIVINATORY, adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions".
DIVINATORY, adjective. Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation".

Wise words

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