vaticinator

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And for what was never ascertained in its own age we dare not confide to that mystical vaticinator of past events, a conjectural historian!

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

He has concluded what his countrymen will hereafter cherish as the legacy of genius—you see him now changed; and the restlessness of his soul is thrown into his very gestures—could you listen to the vaticinator!

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

Whereupon the owner of that soul deserveth to be termed a vaticinator, or prophet.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

The authority was, however, unquestionable, for it came from the agent himself in this dark work, the opener of the grave, the spectator of the grim vaticinator, the listener to the sepulchral voice.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

I was also engaged as sporting prophet to the Tipster, and was not less successful than my contemporaries as a vaticinator of future events. 

From In the Wrong Paradise by Lang, Andrew