divination

n. practice of foretelling the future through supernatural means

Divination (Greek μαντεια, from μαντις "seer", anglicized in the suffix -mancy, see also mania) is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation of omens or an alleged supernatural agency, either by or on behalf of a querent.If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Divination is often dismissed by skeptics, including the scientific community, as being mere superstition: in the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, Alexander the false prophet, trained by "one of those who advertise enchantments, miraculous incantations, charms for your love-affairs, visitations for your enemies, disclosures of buried treasure, and successions to estates" [1], though most Romans believed in dreams and charms.
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Noun
1. successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
(hypernym) guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis
2. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
(synonym) prophecy
(hypernym) prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication
(hyponym) oracle
(derivation) divine
3. the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
(synonym) foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling
(hypernym) prophecy, prognostication, vaticination
(hyponym) dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy
(derivation) divine

n. divination, practice of foretelling the future through supernatural means

(n.)
The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.
  

(n.)
An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.