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prophesier|ˈprɒfɪsaɪə(r)|
Also 5–7 -cier, 8 -syer.
[f. next + -er1.]
One who or that which prophesies; esp. one who predicts or foreshows; a prophet; a prognostic; in 17th c. applied to Puritan preachers: cf. prophesy v. 1 c.
1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 11 God..hath establisshed prophetes & propheciers. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. IV 20 The Lorde Percy and Owen Glendor were vnwisely made beleue by a Welsh Prophecier that King Henry was the Moldwarpe. 1598Tofte Alba (1880) 17 Like to the Porpose (Tempests prophesier) I play before the storme of my sad Teares. 1601Shakes. All's Well iv. iii. 115 Bring forth this counterfet module, has deceiu'd mee, like a double⁓meaning Prophesier. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 54 Martinists, Prophesiers, Solifidians. 1754Sherlock Disc. iv. (1764) 217 Temporal Prosperity was not excluded from the Prophesyer's Thoughts. 1831Fraser's Mag. III. 478 What meant that old proser and prophesier? |