vaticination

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And yet, having had no experience of the etiquette due to prophets when the orgy of vaticination is upon them, he was not quite comfortable on the question of being scathed.

From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Paget, Walter

It is no very good symptom, either of nations or individuals, that they deal much in vaticination.

From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander

I believe, however, that Lord Bacon may claim the merit of having been the first to notice this vaticination.

From Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

Had any one indulged in such a vaticination, however, his prediction would have been most ignominiously falsified by subsequent events.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles

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

From The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules by Lisle, Lionel