vaticinatorn.
/vəˈtɪsᵻneɪtə/, /vəˈtɪsn̩eɪtə/, U.S. /vəˈtɪsəˌneɪdər/ Now rare or Obsolete.
One who writes or utters vaticinations: a prognosticator or prophet.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer
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before-speakerc1400
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vaticinarc1550
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1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 335 Cicero derided the Bœotian vaticinators, for predicting victory to the Thebanes, from the crowing of Cocks.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii The Owner of that Soul deserveth to be termed a Vaticinator or Prophet.
1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 218 Poetical vaticinators are prophets only while we read their verses.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. iv. 59 What vaticinator would have ventured to predict..that his Queen was then before him?
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 430 That mystical vaticinator of passed events, a conjectural historian!
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