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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOOTH'SAYING, n. The foretelling of future events by persons without divine aid or authority, and thus distinguished form prophecy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. the act of foretelling events 2. prediction, prophecy • soothsay intransitive verb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Soothsaying Sooth"say`ing, n. 1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.] 2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions. A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . . . which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. --Acts xvi. 16. 3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication. Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain. --Eclus. xxxiv. 5.