单词 | pseudoprophet |
释义 | pseudoprophetn. A false prophet; a person who pretends to be a prophet or makes false prophecies; one who is erroneously acknowledged as a prophet. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > a false prophet pseudopropheta1425 false prophet1552 pseudomantis1652 mimo-prophet1668 a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 394 (MED) Þes newe ordris, and algatis freris, ben clepid of Crist pseudo-profetis. ?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 19 (MED) ‘I saw,’ seiþ seint Ion..‘out of þe mouþe of þe pseudo-prophete or fals precheour, þat is, þe taile of anticrist.’ c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 708 (MED) Pseudo prophetes, false sodomytes, Quelmers of chyldren..These were the comons came thedyr that day, Redy bowne in batayll Vertew to abyde. 1537 H. Latimer Let. 25 Dec. in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 389 Pseudo-prophets and false christian men, perverters of scripture; sly, wily, disobedientiaries to all good orders. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 180/1 An heremit, whose name was Peter, dwelling about Yorke..This pseudoprophet or false foreteller of afterclaps. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 199 At Medina is the Pseudo-prophets Sepulchre. a1680 S. Butler Hudibras (1905) i. i. 22 I wish my self a Pseudo-Prophet, But sure some mischief will come of it. 1711 J. Hildrop Treat. Three Evils p. xxxiv The Pseudo-Prophets and Pseudo-Apostles..of whome fair warning is given us both by Christ and his Apostles. a1770 T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 533 The Pseudo Prophets mysterys are fulfill'd. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. 203 As soon as a preacher, or pseudo prophet..gets followers enough, he..sets up for an independent chief and ‘medicine man’. 1895 Biblical World 6 103 The pseudo-prophet remembers the promises that have been attached to the seed of the house of David. 1907 Catholic Encycl. I. 598/2 The second beast, that from the land, the pseudoprophet, whose office was to assist the beast from the sea. 1994 Independent (Nexis) 6 May 23 Rangy mock-majestic pseudo-prophet. 2002 J. V. Tolan Saracens vi. 137 They..base their image of Muhammad on earlier Eastern and Latin texts that portrayed him as a pseudoprophet and heresiarch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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