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UK
/pɹˈɒfəsi/
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[ US /ˈpɹɑfəsi/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹɑfəsi/ ]
NOUN
- a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
- knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
How To Use prophecy In A Sentence
- In ancient Egypt, charismatic prophecy apparently was not commonplace, if it occurred at all, though institutional prophecy was of the greatest importance.
- An ancient Hopi Prophecy states. When the Blue Star Kachina makes its appearance in the heavens the 5th world will emerge.
- Christians believe that Isaiah's description of this servant was a prophecy that was fulfilled during the life of Jesus Christ.
- Pray publish the Dante and the _Pulci_ (the _Prophecy of Dante_, I mean). Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals
- This is self-fulfilling prophecy par excellence. POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but were afraid to put into practice
- He seemed to have the gift of prophecy.
- It was no omen, no gigantic prophecy that comes but once an age, but there was power that night.
- From this oft-repeated prophecy Collins was known to every stockman in three States as the Coyote Prophet, the title a jeering one at first, then bestowed with increasing respect as men saw many of his prophecies fulfilled. The Yellow Horde
- He used the term double-bind, in conjunction with prophecy. Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind
- And since predestination is comprised under foreknowledge, the gloss in the beginning of the Psalter assigns only two species to prophecy, namely of _foreknowledge, _ and of Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province