foreteller

Example Sentences

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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 Morris, William

The despised flower was by this raised to the position of a prophet or foreteller of events.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

Then, again, the word prophet has come to be associated with the thought of a foreteller of future events.

From Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series by Macpherson, Hector Carsewell

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 O'Sullivan, Vincent

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 Kingsley, Charles