foreteller
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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
Originally the prophet was a foreteller and acted under the inspiration of a god, a divine seizure that was allied to madness.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
In all high-strung Irish souls there is a bit of the old wife, the foreteller; the gift of prescience; and Kitty possessed this in a mild degree.
From The Drums of Jeopardy by Harold MacGrath
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 H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
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 Hector Carsewell Macpherson
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