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单词 prophetically
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prophet /profˈit/

noun
  1. (also fem prophˈetess) someone who speaks on behalf of a deity
  2. Someone who proclaims a divine message
  3. An inspired teacher, preacher or poet
  4. Someone who speaks on behalf of a group, movement or doctrine
  5. A foreteller, whether claiming to be inspired or not
  6. A tipster (slang)
ORIGIN: Fr prophète, from L prophēta, from Gr prophētēs, from pro for, and phanai to speak

prophˈethood noun

prophetic /prə-fetˈik/ or prophetˈical adjective

prophetˈically adverb

prophetˈicism noun

Prophetic quality

prophˈetism noun

The actions of a prophet or prophets

prophˈetship noun

prophet of doom noun

A person who continually predicts unfortunate events, disasters, etc

prophet's thumbmarks plural noun (horse-racing)

Indentations in a horse's skin

former prophets

The Old Testament books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings

latter prophets

  1. The Old Testament books from Isaiah to Malachi, divided into the major prophets and minor prophets
  2. The prophets to whom these books are ascribed

major prophets

The prophets whose books come before that of Hosea, ie Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, as opposed to the minor prophets, the prophets from Hosea to Malachi

school of the prophets

A school among the ancient Jews for training young men as teachers of the people

the Prophet

Mohammed

the prophets

One of the three divisions into which the Jewish scriptures are divided, consisting of the former and the latter prophets (qqv above)

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