gift of prophecy

collocation in English

meaningsofgiftandprophecy

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gift
noun
uk
/ɡɪft/us
/ɡɪft/
a present or something that ...
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prophecy
noun
uk
/ˈprɒf.ə.si/us
/ˈprɑː.fə.si/
a statement that says what is going to happen in the future, especially one that is based on what you believe about a particular matter rather than ...
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(Definition ofgiftandprophecyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgift of prophecy

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The police officer who made such a statement was singularly devoid of thegiftofprophecy.
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How can a householder not given thegiftofprophecysay who will be ordinarily resident in his house a month from now?
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Very often it is expected that solicitors are invested with thegiftofprophecyand not merely that of the law.
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Thegiftofprophecyis given to very few people, as the events of the past week have underlined.
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One was rather a difficult question because it involved thegiftofprophecyin myself.
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Without anygiftofprophecywhatever, it seems to me that there are just three possibilities.
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I do not claim to have thegiftofprophecyeven at this early hour.
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That did not need any second sight orgiftofprophecy.
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With hisgiftofprophecyhe had changed his party a year or two before 1906.
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Thegiftofprophecyis not in me.
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It does not take any greatgiftofprophecyto say that one of the most contentious and time-consuming issues will be the language itself.
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What has happened since then is evidence of the unsurprising fact that we do not possess thegiftofprophecy, and so we should not act as if we did.
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Because public transport can alter its pattern or, indeed, disappear after a week, thegiftofprophecyis required, not just hard work to acquire knowledge.
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Mygiftofprophecyis strictly limited.
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I have not thegiftofprophecy.
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It requires thegiftofprophecy.
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The most characteristic sign of the presence of the ruach ha-kodesh is thegiftofprophecy.
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It shows that thegiftofprophecyand preaching may have some points in common.
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Palladius was ordained a priest and, according to legend, gained thegiftofprophecy.
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Presumably thegiftofprophecy, of mantic poetry, was hereditary in their family.
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