Definition of "prophecy"

prophecy

/ˈpɹɒfɨsi/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural prophecies
1. A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
2. The public interpretation of Scripture.
verb
third-person singular simple present prophecies, present participle prophecying, simple past and past participle prophecied
1. (chiefly dated) Alternative form of prophesy
  Quotations
  […] think of the kind pains you took to reason and persuade me out of my fears, convince me that I should like it after a little while, and feel how right you proved to be, I am inclined to hope you may always prophecy as well.
  1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], page 53
  The manipulation of these tremendous beneficient energies helped the world so well that the vast majority of these prophecied catastrophies did not happen.
  1967, George King, The Five Temples Of God, The Aetherius Society (2014 edition), page 19
  One prophecied a change of fortunes for the club: […]
  2001, Marjorie Garber, "“ ” (Quotation Marks)", in S.I. Salamensky, Talk, Talk, Talk: The Cultural Life of Everyday Conversation, Routledge, page 142
  The Heideggerian tone of voice is indeed prophecied in Schiller’s discussion of dignity.
  2013, Theodor Adorno, The Jargon of Authenticity, Routledge, page 135
  the parable in Mark 12:1—5 where some of Jesus’s followers who prophecied and were martyred in Antioch (Q 36;13—25; cf. 11:91);
  2014, Emran El-Badawi, The Qur'an and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions, Routledge, page 85

Definition of "prophecy"

prophecy

noun

verb

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