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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Divination through the interpretation of words (written or spoken) encountered by chance..
And indeed cledonism, or the putting of a prophetic sense on words spoken with another reference (John xi. 50 sq.) can never have been the business of a class of men (Jud. ix. 37, Jer. xxvii. 9, Micah v. 12), or been so marked a type of divination that Isaiah could speak of it as characteristically Philistine, and that Isa. lvii. 3 could found on it a name of opprobrium.
We shall find Cledonism stereotyped and converted into palpable lots in the most perfected of the lottery methods, that which uses written speech, phrases designated by chance and applied to a given interrogation.
Use cledonism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cledonism means Divination through the interpretation of words (written or spoken) encountered by chance..
Common synonyms include cledonomancy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And indeed cledonism, or the putting of a prophetic sense on words spoken with another reference (John xi. 50 sq.) can never have been the business of a class of men (Jud. ix. 37, Jer. xxvii. 9, Micah v. 12), or been so marked a type of divination that Isaiah could speak of it as characteristically Philistine, and that Isa. lvii. 3 could found on it a name of opprobrium.
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