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proph·et·ess
/
ˈprɒf
ɪ
tɪs
/
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prof
-i-tis
]
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noun
1.
a woman who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
2.
a woman who foretells future events.
3.
a woman who is aspokesperson of some doctrine, cause, or
movement
.
4.
the wife or female companion of a prophet.
Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English
prophetesse
<
Old French
<
Late Latin
prophētissa.
See
prophet
,
-ess
Usage note
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-ess.
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World English Dictionary
prophet
(ˈprɒfɪt)
—
n
1.
a person who supposedly speaks by divine inspiration, esp one through whom a divinity expresses his willRelated:
vatic
2.
a person who predicts the future:
a prophet of doom
3.
a spokesman for a movement, doctrine, etc
4.
Christian Science
a. a seer in spiritual matters
b. the vanishing of material sense to give way to the conscious facts of spiritual truth
Related:
vatic
[C13: from Old French
prophète,
from Latin
prophēta,
from Greek
prophētēs
one who declares the divine will, from
pro-
² +
phanai
to speak]
'prophetess
—
fem n
'prophet-like
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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