different between ariolation vs hariolation

ariolation

English

Alternative forms

  • hariolation

Etymology

From (the stem of) Latin ariolari, hariolari, from hariolus (soothsayer) +? -ation.

Noun

ariolation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Soothsaying; prophecy.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
      Thus the Priests of Elder time, have put upon them many incredible conceits, [] deluding their apprehensions with Ariolation, South saying, and such oblick Idolatries []

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hariolation

English

Noun

hariolation (plural hariolations)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of ariolation
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Cockeram to this entry?)

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