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prophecy Definition


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prophecy
noun prophecies
    1a. The interpretation of divine will;
    1b. The act of revealing such interpretations.
    2a. The foretelling of the future;
      Thesaurus: prediction, forecast, revelation, augury, divination, second sight, foretelling, soothsaying, prognosis, prescience, prognostication, vaticination.
    2b. Something foretold; a prediction.
    3. A gift or aptitude for predicting the future.
Etymology: 13c: from French prophecie, from Greek propheteia; see prophet.



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