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View synonyms for prophetess
prophetess
[ prof-i-tis ]
noun
- a woman who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- a woman who foretells future events.
- a woman who is aspokesperson of some doctrine, cause, or movement.
- the wife or female companion of a prophet.
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Gender Note
See -ess.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prophetess1
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Example Sentences
To whom the prophetess, seeing his neck now bristle with horrid snakes, flings a soporific cake of honey and medicated grain.
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Erythræ was the native place of the Sibyl, an ancient inspired prophetess.
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We were halted in front of one of the "pyes," and directly opposite the house of the prophetess.
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We were conducted, through an inconsiderable place, to the town where the prophetess resided.
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Their prophetess had been duly consulted, and the assistance of their divinity had been implored with great formality.
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