mantic

adj.
Of, relating to, or having the power of divination; prophetic.

[Greek mantikos, from mantis, seer.]

mantically man'tic·al·ly adv.

(MAN-tik)

adjective
Of or relating to divination.

Etymology
From Greek mantikos, from mantis (prophet), from mainesthai (to rage). Ultimately from Indo-European root men- (to think) that is also the source of words such as mind, mental, mention, Sanskrit mantra, automatic, mania, money, praying mantis, monument, music, and amnesia

Usage
"During July, you will be involved with people who are studying the mantic arts, including astrology." — Sydney Omarr; Today's Horoscope; The Washington Post; Jun 21, 2002.

"Pan had taught him for summoning what beast he wished, and filled the outdoor theatre with loud leaping green lumps of slime. Comic beyond words, the piece was a hit - not least for frog-happy Eurydice. Whether anyone suspected the mantic origins of this so-called coincidence ..." — Kurt Leland; The Adolescence of Orpheus; 2001

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adjective

Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means: augural, divinitory, fatidic, fatidical, oracular, prophetic, sibylline, vatic, vatical, vaticinal, visionary. See foresight.

prophetic

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
  Synonyms: divinatory, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical

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