A woman who prophesies, a female prophet; a woman who foretells the future, or claims to do so; a sibyl.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > female (9) prophetessc1350 A woman who prophesies, a female prophet; a woman who foretells the future, or claims to do so; a sibyl. Sibyl1589 A prophetess; a fortune-teller, a witch. vaticinatress1693 A female vaticinator; a prophetess. spie-woman1744 variant of spae-woman n. at spae-, comb._form affix. Obsolete. seeress1766 A female prophet or clairvoyant; a female seer. spaewife1773 A female fortune-teller; a sybil; a witch. spae-woman1828 volva1889 In Scandinavian mythology, a prophetess, a soothsayer, a witch. Subcategories:— who is not believed (1) |
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