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prophecy
[ prof-uh-see ]
noun
- the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.
- something that is declared by a prophet, especially a divinely inspired prediction, instruction, or exhortation.
- a divinely inspired utterance or revelation:
oracular prophecies.
- the action, function, or faculty of a prophet.
prophecy
/ ˈprɒfɪsɪ /
noun
- a message of divine truth revealing God's will
- the act of uttering such a message
- a prediction or guess
- the function, activity, or charismatic endowment of a prophet or prophets
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Origin of prophecy1
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Example Sentences
“Instead of me fulfilling my prophecy,” he said, “I have to start one,” and that was a lot of pressure.
His prophecy kicked off a vertiginous frenzy of doomsaying, and he was thrown in jail by fearful Bolognese officials.
It was a self-fulfilling prophecy, a feedback loop of rational and irrational fears.
NB: Prophecy is the key source of mystery and danger in our books.
The Prime Minister shut it down with a biblical prophecy, first spoken in English then in Hebrew.
That the whole people will, in gospel times, be united in such a relation the voice of prophecy would seem to indicate.
A prophecy of the desolation of Moab for their pride: but their captivity shall at last be released.
From the use of a term employed in prophecy in reference to the waters of the sea, this, moreover, appears.
The whole adult population of the United States are witnesses of the fulfillment of this prophecy.
Prophecy declares, indeed, the purposes of God, but specially the carrying of them into effect in individual cases.
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