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VATICAN. 63 VATINIAN.
lawrell vaticall Enobled hast, (high signall of renowne).
1634 Bp. Hall Coutempi., N. 'J', iv. xxv. 238 Neither couldst
thou have made up those vaticall predictions, without this
conveyance. 1641 Brii^k-'mans Predictions 3 Now as Mr.
Brightman vatically observeth, the Chuith of Tliyatira
[etc. J.
Vatican (vjc'tikan). Also 6-7 Vaticane. [a.
F. Vatican ( = It., Sp., Pg. U'aticano\ or ad. L.
Vditcdn-us (sc. coiits, mons) : see def.]
1. (With initial capital, and now always witli ike.)
The palace of the Pope built upon the Vatican
Hill in Rome.
Also, in recent use, the papal authorities or the system
which they represent ; the papal power ; the Papacy.
15SS Eden Decades (Arb.) 100 As wee are accustomed to
goo on Pylgramege to Rome or Vaticatie. 1607 H. Bakn^s
Diz'iU Charter 11. i. K i, Heere leaue we Charles with
pompous ceremonies, Fexsting within the Vaticane at
Rome. 1611 Bible Transi.Prc/.fx^ The Laiiiie edition.,
printed in the Printing-house of Vatican, a 1700 Evelyn
Diary 18 Jan. 1645. I wtnt to see the Pope's Palace, the
Vatican, where he for the most part keeps his Court. 1777
R. Watson Philip II, 11. (1839) 29 He expressed his dread
that ere long the Vatican itself would be in the hands of the
enemy. i;^9 J. Jay in Sparks Corr.Amcr, Kez: (1853) II.
284 There is as much intrigue in this State-House as in the
Vatican. 1866 Gladstonk in Lett. Ch. ff Rcli^. (1911) II.
395, I repaired to the Vatican in household uniform. 1909
j. M'Cabb Decay Ch. Rome vi. 128 England is regarded
as substantially won for the Vatican.
b. Used with reference to the artistic or literary
treasures preserved here ; the Vatican galleries or
library.
1600 Holland /./ly App. 1386 The statue of Laocoon..
now at this day.. is to be scene at the Vaticane. 1610
Bolton EUm. Armories 54 Such a hbrarie as. .they had
rather tosse then to bee Deipnosophists in Athenseus, or
glowe-wormes in the Medicaean, or Vatican, the most renowned
armaries of booke in all the world. 1694 J. Norris
Curs. Refl. Locke's Hum. Underst. 43, I.. would not part
with his Book for half a Vatican. 1756^7 tr. Keysier's Trari.
(1760) IV. 34 This picture resembles that which is to be seen
in the Vatican at Rome. 1796 H. Hunter tr. St..Pierres
Stud. Nat. (17^) I. 70 The man of the woods.. has, certainty,
a very imperfect resemblance to the Apollo of the
Vatican. 1841 W. Spalding Italy ff It. Is/. I. 166 Of these
two copies (of a statue] one . . is in the Vatican.
>^. 1649 G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. /r, cclxv, A Wellbought
Treasure from his Vatican ; Whose Volumes
Numberless Nature doth Summe In one Compendious
Abstract; Well-bound Man! 1854 Thoneau Waldt-n iii.
(1886) 102 When the vaticans shall be filled with Vedas and
Zendavestas and Bibles. 1868 M. Arnold in Life Ld.
Coleridge (io Bvron
Lett, to Murray 24 April, I vaticinate a row in Italy. 1831
T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle (1887) 178, 1 vaticinate what
will be the upshot of all his schemes of reform. 1886
SvMONDS Renaiss. It.,Cath. React. VII. xiv. 412 To vaticinate
a reign of socialistic terror fur the immediate future.
trans/. i678Cut>woRTH Intell. Syst. 378 My soul seemeih
to vaticinate and presage its approaching dismission and
freedom from this its prison, 1877 A. B. Alcott Tetl'le-t.
133 Instinct, intuition, volition, embosom and express whatsoever
the Spirit vaticinates.
Hence Vati'cinating vbi. sb. and ///. a.
1634 Sir T. Hkhbkrt Trav. 207 These vaticinating boyes
who with tlieir long spread hair fall flat afore the Idoll.
Ibid. (1638) 356 Virgil., from some vaticinating Notion
seenies to point at it, in the 6 lib. .itlnead. n 1693 Urquhart's
Rabelais ni. xxv. 210 The Cock Vaticinating and Alectryomantick,
ate up the Pickles. 1791-1823 D'Iskaeli Cur, Lit.
(1858) III. 278 George Withers, the vaticinating poet of our
civil wars.
Vaticination (vatisin^^Jan). [ad. L. vdticindlion-i
vdticindtio^ 11. of action f. vdlicindri; see
prec, Cf. obs. F. vaticination (Cotjjr.).]
L A prediction of an oracular or inspired nature ;
a prognostication or prophecy, a prophetic utterance
or forecast.
1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1198 Sibylla, and Aristonice,
or such as published their vaticinations and prophesies
in verse. 1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles iir. 63 The Law
has appointed a sort of Prophets as Judges over these
divine Vaticinations. 1759 Sterne TV. Shandy r. xii, Yorick
scarce ever heard this sad vaticination of his destiny read
over to him, but.. that he [etc.]. 1815 Scott Guy M. xlvii,
The Dominie .. had just that moment parted from Meg
Merrilies, and was too deeply wrapt up in pondering upon
her vaticinations, to make any answer. 1850 Merivale
Rom. Emp. iii. (1865) I, 113 The frightful vaticinations of
fire and slaughter with which Cicero had kept the ears of
the people tingling. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John Bapt. iv.
§6. 266 The 'Sibylline Oracles', .contain many vaticinations,
inextricably mingled, from Jewish, heathen, and
Christian sources.
trans/. 1836 Emerson Naiure'^V^, (Bohn) II. 170 Every
surmise and vaticination of the mind is entitled to a certain
respect.
2. The action or fact of vaticinating ; the utterance
of predictions or prophecies ; also, the power
or gift of this.
1613 CocKKRAM I, Vaticination^ a prophesying. 1699
Bentlev /*//a/. iv. 147 Unless we dare ascribe to the Tyrant
a Spirit of Vaticination, we cannot acquit the Author
of the Letters of so manifest a cheat. x8i8 Scott Br. Lamm.
xxiii, He despised most of the ordinary prejudices about
witchcraft, omens, and vaticination. 1874 H. R. Reynolds
John Bapt. iii. § 3. 206 The ambiguous vaticination of the
heathen oracles.
treats/ X744 Berkeley Siris § 252 He that foretels the
motions of planets, .. may be said to do it by natural
vaticination.
tb. Divine or inspired apprehension or knowledge
; intuition, insight. Obs.
1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. Pref., Whether this Assurance
be called a Vaticination or Divine Sagacity, (as it is by
Plato and Aristotle) or Faith, as in the Scripture. Ibid. 409
That Vaticination, which all men have in their minds concerning
the Gods.
Vatixinator. Now rare or Obs. [a. obs. F.
valtcinatt'ur (Cotgr.) or ad. L. vaticinator^ agentnoun
f. vdlicindri to Vaticinate.] One who
writes or utters vaticinations : a piognosticator or
prophet.
165a Gaule Magastrom. 335 Cicero derided the Boeotian
vaticinaiors for predicting victory to the Thebanes from the
crowing of cocks, a 1693 Urquhart's Rabelais 111. xiii, The
Owner of that Soul deserveth to be termed a Vaticinator or
Prophet. 1791-1823 D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1859) !'• 4^3
Poetical vaiicinators are propliets only while we read their
verses. 1828 — Chas. /, \. iv. 59 What vaticinator would
have ventured to predict.. that his Queen was then before
him? 1841 — Amen. Lit. (1867) 500 That mystical vaticinator
of past events, a conjectural historian.
Vaticinatory, a. rare-^, [f. Vaticinate v. :
see -CRY 2.] Vaticinal, proplietic.
1883 S. Wainwright Sci. Stphisms viii. 169 The vaticin.
atory character of these opinions is their least remarkable
feature.
t Vati'ciuatress. Obs,—^ [f. Vaticinator +
-E3S 1, after F. vaticinatrice. Cf. L, vdticindlrix^
a prophetess.
A female vaticinator ;
a 1693 Urquhart's Rabelais ui. xvii. 137 The House of the
Vaticinatress.
t Vaticinatric, a. Obs.—^ [in-eg. formation
on Vaticinate z;.]
vaticination.
I'ertaining to, connected witli,
X7»9 Evelyn's Sylva 111. iv. 228 As in the temple Dcspoenc
..where tliey were prohibited the burning of Olive-wood,
or the ^UTOi/ MofKcoc, the Vaticinatric Laurel, or the Thxkrind
Oak [etc.].
t Vaticine, variant of Vaticin y. Obs,
1586 J. Hooker Hist, Irel. in Holinshed II. 43/2 Thus
(accorcfing to this vaticine) twise it was left, but the third
time it shall be kept. Ibid. 52/2 Then was fulfilled the
vaticine or prophesie of old Merlin.
t Vaticlnian, a. Obsr^ [f. L. vdticini-us prophetic]
Vaticinal. (Blount, 1656.)
tVaticiliy. Obs. rare, [ad. \^. vaticin inm^ f.
t/^//Vi««j prophetical : cf. Vaticine.] A vaticination
or prophecy.
1615 R. Byfield Comm, Coloss, i. 6 The certain event of
the vaticiniesor prophecies. 1654 \ \\.\'ws Chrouog raphy 14
Seek not to wrest a connexion of sacred Chronology from
Daniels Vaticiny. 1656 in Blount Glossogr,
tVati'nian, a. Obs. [ad. L. Valinidn-rtSf
f, Vatinius 'a Roman, whom all men hated for
his odious behaviour* (Blount, 1674).] Of hatred:
Bitter, intense, violent.
After L. odium Vatinianum (Catullus xiv. 3).
1607 Walkington Opt. Glasse 2 The viperous and vatinian
deadly hate. 1631 R H- Arraigmu. Whole Creature xvi.
284 King Philip of France hating King Richard the first of
England ; with a vatinian deadly hatred. 1654 Whttlock
Zootomia 256 The Vatinian hatred of Books and Authors in
Religious and Politick Differences.