prophetryn.
/ˈprɒfᵻtri/, U.S. /ˈprɑfətri/ rare.
Prophets collectively; the body or class of prophets. Also: the state or condition of being a prophet; prophethood.
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1863 H. H. Milman Hist. Jews (ed. 3) I. viii. 347 Elijah..appears in the solemn scene of the Transfiguration as the representative of prophetry.
1874 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Jan. 207 Then afterward we note ‘well-willed’, ‘legitimably’, ‘exertional’, and ‘prophetry’.
1933 D. B. McDonald Hebrew Lit. Genius v. 52 This is not a criticism of the great prophets, who were personalities, but of the organized prophetry of which Amos, for example, had no high opinion.
2001 Getting past Four Eagles in alt.dreams.castaneda (Usenet newsgroup) 19 May I have absolutely no ego..it is Prophetry..and being A Servant of God.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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