[ UK /pɹˈɒfəsi/ ]
VERB
  1. deliver a sermon
    The minister is not preaching this Sunday
  2. predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
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How To Use prophesy In A Sentence

  • The time of his prophesying is stated in the introduction to be in the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, that is, between 757 and 699 B.C. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • 722 B.C. The prophets, however, were not uninterruptedly engaged in prophesying. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • Because such a four-tiered system is still in the future, I can only prophesy its appearance.
  • * The Speedwell, of which Reynolds irg of prophesying ', or privale men's was captain. — Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
  • How can you claim that a prophesy about a leader appearing from a certain clan is fulfilled by Jesus, who merely happened to be born in town that shares its name with that clan? An Amazing First Century
  • Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy! " And the guards took him and beat him.
  • And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy , your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
  • Thus Dillard echoes Carlyle's sentiments that vaticination, or the act of prophesying, is a futile means of understanding the world.
  • While they were in close pursuit of charity, and made this Christian disposition their chief scope, they might be zealous of spiritual gifts, be ambitious of them in some measure, but especially of prophesying, that is, of interpreting scripture. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
  • This area is also famous as Macbeth Country, and the The Birnam Wood, made famous by the witches' prophesy in Shakespeare's MacBeth, is on the south bank of the River Tay.
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