soothsaying Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
    fortune telling; divination; foretelling.

WordNet

Sooth"say`ing noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913