Origin: Latin
suffix -ory
Divinatory has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
"the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"
"mantic powers"
"a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"
2
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
"theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"
"the supposed reason for his absence"
"suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"
"hypothetical situation"
3
Pertaining to divination.
Example Sentences
"the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"
adjective
"mantic powers"
adjective
"a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"
adjective
"theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"
adjective
"the supposed reason for his absence"
adjective
"suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"
adjective
"hypothetical situation"
adjective