prophetess
Example Sentences
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The wife, whom the Assemblies described as the prophetess, was later released following an unspecified medical episode, police said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025
It venerates Deborah the prophetess judge and the entrepreneurial Lydia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 20, 2018
“She has overturned heaven and earth for us,” a young prophetess announces.
From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2017
Greek myths narrate the failure of prediction: For the Trojan prophetess Cassandra, those in power found ways to ignore even her perfect prophecy.
From Slate • Jul. 8, 2016
The weak, unsteady light placed shadows under her mouth and in the sockets of her eyes, making the face impersonal with majesty, like the face of a prophetess, or like a mask.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.