augurism

Etymology

From augur + -ism.

augurism means the act of foretelling; prophecy. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The act of foretelling; prophecy.“I have heard them say, that what the fates fore point, that fortune pricketh down with a period; that the stars are sticklers in Venus' court, and desire hangs at the heel of destiny: if it be so, then by all probable conjectures, this match will be a marriage: for if augurism be authentical, or the divines' dooms principles, it cannot be but such a shadow portends the issue of a substance, for to”