† vaticinatressn.
Obsolete. rare.
A female vaticinator; a prophetess.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > female
prophetessc1350
Sibyl1589
vaticinatress1693
spie-woman1744
seeress1766
spaewife1773
spae-woman1828
volva1889
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvii. 137 The House of the Vaticinatress.
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