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  • noun Plural form of soothsayer.

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Examples

  • Such occurrences were omens from heaven, so he called his soothsayers to ask what it meant.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • Such occurrences were omens from heaven, so he called his soothsayers to ask what it meant.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • Such occurrences were omens from heaven, so he called his soothsayers to ask what it meant.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • In addition to the manifestation of the will of the gods by means of oracles, the Greeks also believed that certain men, called soothsayers, were gifted with the power of foretelling future events from dreams, from observing the flight of birds, the entrails of sacrificed animals, and even the direction of the flames and smoke from the altar, &c.

    Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

  • The king trembled as he heard the words, vouchsafed his brother no answer, drank himself into unconsciousness that evening, and the next morning called the soothsayers, Magi and Chaldaeans together, in order to submit a question to them.

    An Egyptian Princess — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • The king trembled as he heard the words, vouchsafed his brother no answer, drank himself into unconsciousness that evening, and the next morning called the soothsayers, Magi and Chaldaeans together, in order to submit a question to them.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • The king trembled as he heard the words, vouchsafed his brother no answer, drank himself into unconsciousness that evening, and the next morning called the soothsayers, Magi and Chaldaeans together, in order to submit a question to them.

    An Egyptian Princess — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867

  • The king trembled as he heard the words, vouchsafed his brother no answer, drank himself into unconsciousness that evening, and the next morning called the soothsayers, Magi and Chaldaeans together, in order to submit a question to them.

    An Egyptian Princess — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867

  • The king trembled as he heard the words, vouchsafed his brother no answer, drank himself into unconsciousness that evening, and the next morning called the soothsayers, Magi and Chaldaeans together, in order to submit a question to them.

    An Egyptian Princess — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867

  • "And now everyone's telling me the same's going to happen again - I just wouldn't bother getting on the plane down from Shetland if I believed all these so-called soothsayers."

    BBC News - Home 2011

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