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diviner

[ dih-vahy-ner ]

noun

  1. a person who divines; soothsayer; prophet.
  2. a person skilled in using a divining rod.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diviner1

1300–50; divine + -er 1; replacing Middle English divinour < Anglo-French < Late Latin »åÄ«±¹Ä«²ÔÄå³Ù´Ç°ù soothsayer, equivalent to Latin »åÄ«±¹Ä«²ÔÄå ( re ) to divine + -tor -tor
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In one nook you’ll see “Arachnomancy,†a deck of tarot cards printed with ink made from particulate matter that pays tribute to the spider diviners of Cameroon.

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Long and staff-like, a “diviner’s tool†used in Yoruba culture to advise individuals on what paths to take in the future, marks the beginning of the exhibition.

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There is also Augure, a diviner who can sense the future, and from the start the omens look forbidding for the newlyweds.

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Miss Ingram placed herself at her leader’s right hand; the other diviners filled the chairs on each side of him and her.

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He nodded at the crowd and bowed to the diviner, who returned an even deeper one.

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