prophetess
noun[C]
uk/ˌprɒf.ɪˈtes/us/ˈprɑː.fɪ.t̬əs/afemaleprophet
女先知People who make predictions
- clairvoyant
- diviner
- doomsayer
- forecaster
- fortune teller
- futurist
- harbinger
- palmist
- prophet
- psychic
- seer
- sibyl
- soothsayer
- visionary
Examplesofprophetess
prophetess
Eliot, aprophetess, also encourages an alternative future by asking her readers to share a vision of domestic sentiment, even as she concedes the human, individual basis for that vision.
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I am not sure whether she was a mythicalprophetessor not.
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As aprophetessof renowned repute, her reputation has not flagged on this occasion.
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Her devotion to reading reflects her traditional status as the piously repentant harlot, as well as aprophetessor seer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She described herself as a witch andprophetess.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Renowned amongst her people for her seeing into the future and communicating with the ancestors, she was recognized instantly as aprophetess.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Taneal, aprophetess-like child featured in the previous collection, brings them a hammer by which to break their shackles while she tries to break the bars of their cell.
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