foreteller
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Upon the directions of Ambrose, whose advice he had asked by letter, he tried to read the prophet Isaiah, because Isaiah is the clearest foreteller of the Redemption.
From Saint Augustin by Vincent O'Sullivan
What foreteller of spear-shower E'en within this nigh-passed hour, Swift through the rough weather rode Past the gate of this abode?
From The Story of Grettir the Strong by William Morris
This was Khosrul,—the Prophet of a creed that was to revolutionize the world,—the fanatic for a faith as yet unrevealed to men,—the dauntless foreteller of the downfall of Al-Kyris and its King!
From Ardath by Marie Corelli
And you, O priest, the foreteller, foretell for yourself if you can, Foretell the hour of the day when the Vais shall burst on your clan!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
But I have heard say that prophetes means, not a foreteller, but an out-teller—one who declares the will of a deity, and interprets his oracles.
From Yeast: a Problem by Charles Kingsley
