Definition of "fortune-telling" [fortune-telling]

• The act or practise of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature. (noun)

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• "Is prophecy just another name for fortune-telling?"
• "Lighted by muted stained-glass lamps and scented candles and separated from its back room by velvet drapes that dropped in heavy folds behind strings of hanging beads, Miss Annabelle’s ofisa, as she referred to her fortune-telling shop, was small and squarish, with a table and wicker chairs on a maroon Oriental rug in the middle of the floor."
• "Her so-called fortune-telling is nothing more than business advice."