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Divination

Scope note

Art or practice of foreseeing future events or obtaining secret knowledge through divine sources, omens, or oracles; it is based on the belief that revelations are offered to humans in extrarational forms of knowledge. CCE

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Term type

AAT
Object category

Getty AAT term number

3000207879

Broader Terms used

occult sciences

Narrower Terms used

geomancy

Equivalent Terms used

divinatory

Created

13yrs ago

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