Prophecy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An inspired utterance of a prophet, viewed as a revelation of divine will.
  • n. A prediction of the future, made under divine inspiration.
  • n. Such an inspired message or prediction transmitted orally or in writing.
  • n. The vocation or condition of a prophet.
  • n. A prediction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.
  • n. A book of prophecies; a history.
  • n. Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Inspired discourse; specifically, in Christian theol., discourse flowing from the revelation and impulse of the Holy Spirit.
  • n. A prediction; declaration of something to come; especially, a foretelling under divine inspiration.
  • n. Interpretation of Scripture; religious exhortation or instruction.
  • n. In liturgics: A lection from the Old Testament, especially a eucharistic or missal lection; also, a lection in the Mozarabic daily office, and in the Greek Church at sabbath vespers on certain festivals.
  • n. The canticle Benedictus (Luke i. 68-79) as sung in the Gallican liturgy, afterward displaced by the Gloria in Excelsis.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
  • n. knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
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    prediction    revelation    omen    vision    legend    teaching    prophet    tragedy    expectation    inspiration