foreteller

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In the large triangular compartments at the springing of the vault, are sitting figures of the prophets and sibyls, as the foretellers of the coming of the Saviour.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

So the prophets instead of being miracle performers, foretellers of the future, preachers of theology, are really poets of ecstasy, with a social message revealed in a dream.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert

Under these are the great prophets, and singers, and foretellers of the happiness or of the sorrow of time.

From Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther

In the large triangular compartments at the springing of the vault are sitting figures of the Prophets and Sibyls, as the foretellers of the coming Saviour.

From The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art by Tytler, Sarah

Though not a breath of air stirred among the trees, nor a drop of rain had as yet fallen upon their leaves, those three sure foretellers of the storm—clouds, lightning, and thunder—betokened its proximity.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne