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prophecy
English
Etymology
From Middle English prophecie, from Old French prophetie, from Latin proph?t?a, from Ancient Greek ????????? (proph?teía, “prophecy”), from ???????? (proph?t?s, “speaker of a god”), from ??? (pró, “before”) + ???? (ph?mí, “I tell”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??f.?.si/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p??f?si/
Noun
prophecy (countable and uncountable, plural prophecies)
- A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
- French writer Nostradamus made a prophecy in his book.
- The public interpretation of Scripture.
Derived terms
- self-fulfilling prophecy
- self-defeating prophecy
Related terms
- prophesy
- prophet
- prophetic
Translations
Verb
prophecy (third-person singular simple present prophecies, present participle prophecying, simple past and past participle prophecied)
- (chiefly dated) Alternative form of prophesy
- 1967, George King, The Five Temples Of God, The Aetherius Society (2014 edition), page 19:
- The manipulation of these tremendous beneficient energies helped the world so well that the vast majority of these prophecied catastrophies did not happen.
- 2001, Marjorie Garber, "“ ” (Quotation Marks)", in S.I. Salamensky, Talk, Talk, Talk: The Cultural Life of Everyday Conversation, Routledge, page 142:
- One prophecied a change of fortunes for the club: […]
- 2013, Theodor Adorno, The Jargon of Authenticity, Routledge, page 135:
- The Heideggerian tone of voice is indeed prophecied in Schiller’s discussion of dignity.
- 2014, Emran El-Badawi, The Qur'an and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions, Routledge, page 85:
- 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);
- 1967, George King, The Five Temples Of God, The Aetherius Society (2014 edition), page 19:
Middle English
Noun
prophecy
- Alternative form of prophecie
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propheteering
English
Etymology
Blend of prophet +? profiteering, as a pun.
Noun
propheteering (uncountable)
- Acting as a prophet in order to obtain money; making profit from prophecy.
See also
- profiteering
References
- Article using Scientology as an example
propheteering From the web:
- what does profiteering mean
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