Crossword-Solution: SOOTHSAYING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Soothsaying | n. | A true saying; truth. |
| Soothsaying | n. | The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions. |
| Soothsaying | n. | A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “SOOTHSAYING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| *"You can't wrestle a chimney sweep and come out clean," e.g.? | 1 answer |
| Job for an oracle | 1 answer |
| sibylline | 13 answers |
| prognosticating | 18 answers |
| prophesying | 20 answers |
| sententious | 22 answers |
| prophecy | 39 answers |
| premonitory | 45 answers |
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Sentences with SOOTHSAYING (5)
Huge Earth bare these to Epaphus—soothsaying people, knowing seercraft by the will of Zeus the lord of oracles, but deceivers, to the end that men whose thought passes their utterance 1733 might be subject to the gods and suffer harm—Aethiopians and Libyans and mare-milking Scythians.
Both in the Old Testament and in the New we find magic, witchcraft, and soothsaying constantly referred to as realities.(266) (266) For magic in prehistoric times and survivals of it since, with abundant citation of authorities, see Tylor, Primitive Culture, chap.
And here his destined fate smote Idmon, son of Abas, skilled in soothsaying; but not at all did his soothsaying save him, for necessity drew him on to death.
Divination is only referred to once in the Acts (xvi, 16), where a damsel is said to be possessed of a spirit of divination "which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying." There is only one mention of astrology (Acts vii, 43); there are no witches, neither are there charms or incantations.
The art of healing was like soothsaying, so the common people said; “the same bird was lucky or unlucky, according as he flew to the right or left.” The practice of medicine has undergone great changes within the period of my own observation.
Quotes with SOOTHSAYING (2)
One can live in this world on soothsaying but not on truth saying.
First a piece of Irish wisdom: you should always listen to a bookie. For they have a saying, 'Money tells a good story,' and somewhere in their odds is a kind of science-fiction existentialism that decrees that we, the people, know everything. In other words, betting patterns often make for good, unconscious soothsaying.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2011–2024).