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vaticination

[ vuh-tis-uh-ney-shuhn, vat-uh-suh- ]

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noun

First recorded in 1595–1605, vaticination is from the Latin word vāticinātiōn- (stem of vaticinātiō ). See vaticinate, -ion

A great poet seems to require his birth in an age when there are about him great self-revelations of man, for his vaticination.

This vaticination, which loses much in the translation, I have given rather fully, as it shows an observant mind.

Even the babe unborn did not escape some unsavory epithets in the way of vaticination.

The "Doctor" was by brevet or vaticination, to make the grade easier to my pocket.

If not, where was there room for marvel at Simeon's vaticination?

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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