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vaticine

vaticine noun: a prediction; a vaticination.

Noun

vaticine (plural vaticines)

  1. (obsolete) A prediction; a vaticination.
    • And thus (according to this vaticine) twise it was left, but the third time it shall be kept.1587, Raphael Holinshed, Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 3, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2011

Forms of vaticine

pluralvaticines

Origin of vaticine

From Latin vāticinium (“prediction, prophecy”).

Questions about vaticine

What does vaticine mean?
Vaticine means a prediction; a vaticination.
What part of speech is vaticine?
Vaticine is a noun.
What is the plural of vaticine?
The plural of vaticine is vaticines.

Words near vaticine in the dictionary

  1. vaticinations
  2. vaticinator
  3. vaticinators
  4. vaticinatory
  5. vaticinatrix
  6. vaticine
  7. vaticines
  8. vaticinium ex eventu
  9. Vatileaks
  10. Vatinian
  11. vatiquinone

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