n. 占卜, 预言

[ noun ]
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
<noun.cognition>

Soothsaying \Sooth"say`ing\, n.
1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.]

2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events;
the art or practice of making predictions.

A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . .
. which brought her masters much gain by
soothsaying. --Acts xvi.
16.

3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.

Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain.
--Eclus.
xxxiv. 5.