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prophet
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[ noun ] (religion) an authoritative person who divines the future
Synonyms Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)His rage assumes a religious form ; that_is , on the basis of his own sinfulness and abject wretchedness , Piepsam becomes a prophet who in his ecstasy and in the name of God imprecates doom on Life - not_only the cyclist now , but the audience , the world , as_well : `` all you light-headed breed '' . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)This movement of industry away from the central_cities is not so catastrophically new as some prophets seem to believe . Related terms diviner isaiah sibyl augur samuel prophetess prophesy vaticinate |
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[ noun ] (religion) someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God
Synonyms Used in print (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)Could he honestly believe it would be good for Carla to have those old prophets gripping her imagination now ? |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 21976
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