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ariolation

ariolation noun: soothsaying; prophecy.

Noun

ariolation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Soothsaying; prophecy.
    • Thus the Priests of Elder time, have put upon them many incredible conceits, […] deluding their apprehensions with Ariolation, South saying, and such oblick Idolatries […]1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3
    • […] belongs to the technical part of divination, and may be reckoned for an Art, as well as any other sort of Ariolation.1685, Francis Rous, Seven Books of the Attick Antiquities, page 323

Forms of ariolation

alternative formhariolation

Origin of ariolation

From (the stem of) Latin ariolari, hariolari, from hariolus (“soothsayer”) + -ation.

Questions about ariolation

What does ariolation mean?
Ariolation means soothsaying; prophecy.
What part of speech is ariolation?
Ariolation is a noun.

Words near ariolation in the dictionary

  1. Ariogala
  2. Ariola
  3. Ariolas
  4. ariolater
  5. ariolaters
  6. ariolation
  7. arion
  8. arionid
  9. arionids
  10. ariophantid
  11. ariophantids

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