Prophets - English meaning

verb

(of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome.

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The end of the cold war seemed to augur well

noun

(in ancient rome) a religious official who observed natural signs, especially the behaviour of birds, interpreting these as an indication of divine approval or disapproval of a proposed action.

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In the case of the augurs or haruspices of rome, the animal was sacrificed to permit contemplation …

verb

To be a sign of especially good or bad things in the future

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The company's sales figures for the first six months augur well for the rest of the year., do you t…

noun

A person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.

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She has had a message from a clairvoyant that her son is alive and well

adjective

Having or exhibiting clairvoyance.

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He didn't tell me about it and i'm not clairvoyant

adjective

Of or like god or a god.

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Heroes with divine powers

noun

A person who divines for water or minerals

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Henry consulted diviners when anne boleyn became pregnant, anxious to know whether he could expect …

noun

(in ancient rome) a religious official who interpreted omens by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals.

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In the case of the augurs or haruspices of rome, the animal was sacrificed to permit contemplation …

noun

A priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.

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Her priests and oracles are all being kept in the tower.

noun

(especially in ancient greece) a female priest who gave people wise but often mysterious advice from a god, or the advice given

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Professor ross is regarded as the oracle on eating disorders.

noun

A person who foretells or prophesies a future event.

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There are many prognosticators predicting the worst

noun

A female prophet.

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I have spent a good deal of the last three and a half years researching the sibyl of cumae, the pag…

noun

A female prophet

noun

A person of supposed supernatural insight who sees visions of the future.

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A seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne

noun

(in south asia) a varying unit of weight (about one kilogram) or liquid measure (about one litre).

noun

A woman in ancient times who was thought to utter the prophecies of a god.

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Looking on are the prophets and sibyls, the mysterious seers of man's tragedy.

noun

Any of several women in the ancient world who were thought to be able to see into the future

noun

A person supposed to be able to foresee the future.

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Do you really think that while they're arresting heretics is the best time to be having trade with …

noun

A person who is believed to have the ability to know and tell what will happen in the future

noun

A man supposed to be able to foresee the future; a soothsayer.

noun

A woman who is believed to be able to predict the future.

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But perhaps my teacher, the spaewife of ostree, may know better.

noun

A person who foretells the future.

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A vaticinator at the sanctuary uttered divinely inspired predictions