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  • noun Plural form of diviner.

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Examples

  • And may I never have any dealings with those who are called diviners, and who in any way or manner counsel me to take up the deposit entrusted to the earth, for I should not gain so much in the increase of my possessions, if I take up the prize, as I should grow in justice and virtue of soul, if I abstain; and this will be

    Laws 2006

  • You know, the way people who are searching for water, they have one of these forked sticks, wooden branches from a tree, that are called diviners?

    Bono On Bono Assayas, Michka 2005

  • In fact, "diviners" when tested in a controlled experiment are just as likely to fail as succeed.

    Debunking Astrology: Mars Can't Influence You | Universe Today 2010

  • How she received the sceptre of Cathay, Some bard of defter quill may sing some day; and this was no doubt a kind of prophecy, for poets are also called vates, that is to say diviners; and its truth was made plain; for since then a famous Andalusian poet has lamented and sung her tears, and another famous and rare poet, a Castilian, has sung her beauty. "

    Don Quixote 2002

  • Radioactive metal being disposed of by making weapons from, and these mine "diviners" show their attitudes again.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

  • Radioactive metal being disposed of by making weapons from, and these mine "diviners" show their attitudes again.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

  • Radioactive metal being disposed of by making weapons from, and these mine "diviners" show their attitudes again.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2010

  • Goodfellow, as they have termed diviners, soothsayers, poisoners, and cozeners by the name of witches. "

    The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

  • Some bard of defter quill may sing some day; and this was no doubt a kind of prophecy, for poets are also called vates, that is to say diviners; and its truth was made plain; for since then a famous Andalusian poet has lamented and sung her tears, and another famous and rare poet, a Castilian, has sung her beauty. "

    Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

  • Some bard of defter quill may sing some day; and this was no doubt a kind of prophecy, for poets are also called vates, that is to say diviners; and its truth was made plain; for since then a famous Andalusian poet has lamented and sung her tears, and another famous and rare poet, a Castilian, has sung her beauty. "

    The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 19 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

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