Prophet
['prɒfɪt] or ['prɑfɪt]
Definition
(noun.) an authoritative person who divines the future.
(noun.) someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God.
Typed by Brian--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller.
(n.) One inspired or instructed by God to speak in his name, or announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah, etc.
(n.) An interpreter; a spokesman.
(n.) A mantis.
Editor: Luke
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Predicter, foreteller, seer, soothsayer, vaticinator.
Inputed by Franklin
Definition
n. one who proclaims or interprets the will of God: one who announces things to come: one who predicts or foretells events: (B.) one inspired by God to warn and teach: (pl.) the writings of the prophets.—n.fem. Proph′etess.—ns. Proph′ethood Proph′etship quality office of a prophet.—adjs. Prophet′ic -al pertaining to a prophet: containing prophecy: foreseeing or foretelling events.—adv. Prophet′ically.—n. Proph′etism.—Prophetic office the office of a prophet.—Former prophets Joshua Judges Samuel and Kings; Latter prophets the prophets properly so called; Major prophets the prophets whose books come before that of Hosea; Minor prophets the prophets from Hosea to Malachi; School of the prophets a school among the ancient Jews for training young men as teachers of the people; The prophets one of the three divisions into which the ancient Jews divided their Scriptures—consisting of the former and the latter prophets (see above).
Typist: Rodger
Examples
- There is a vein of mysticism in American life, and Mr. Bryan is its uncritical prophet. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The socialist movement calls him its prophet, and, while many socialists say he is superseded, no one disputes his historical importance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But Ayesha, the favourite wife of the Prophet, had always been jealous of Fatima and hostile to Ali. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The time will come, my darling--I am no prophet, but I say so,--when you WILL be tried. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What a true prophet, said Ulrica, is an evil conscience! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Love had come, as the rod of the master-prophet, to swallow up every minor propensity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Oh, now, now, now, the only now, and above all now, and there is no other now but thou now and now is thy prophet. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- All Mohammedans shave their heads, but they are careful to leave a lock of hair for the Prophet to take hold of. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Rome has always had too much of the shrewdness of the priest and too little of the power of the prophet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mankind has certainly come nearer to justifying Mr. Chesterton's observation that one of its favorite games is called Cheat the Prophet. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Wot's a prophet? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and That God hath visited his people. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A false prophet, Mokanna, who said he was God, had a brief but troublesome career. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But Mecca resolved to avenge Badr, and at the battle of Uhud, near Medina, inflicted an indecisive defeat upon the Prophet's followers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He believed not in a god familiar to men, but in a certain Supreme Being, and that Rousseau was his prophet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Horace, therefore, Juvenal, and Persius, were no prophets, although their lines did seem to indigitate and point at our times. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In spite of very distinctive features of their own, these two teachers do in a manner arise out of, and in succession to these Jewish prophets. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The prophets danced, it would seem, somewhat after the Dervish fashion, and uttered oracles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The sect of the Anabaptists appeared in Wittenberg in 1521 under three prophets, and broke out into insurrection in 1525. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Usurpers, rebellious generals, and false prophets seemed to have vanished from the Moslem dominions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That is what mighty cities declare; and the children of the gods, who were their poets and prophets, bear a like testimony. Plato. The Republic.
- He had been one of the French prophets, and could act their enthusiastic agitations. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- BOOK IV JUDEA, GREECE, AND INDIA XXI THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES AND THE PROPHETS[157] § 1. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They found out prophecies of the crucifixion in the prophets--the Gospel of Matthew is particularly insistent upon these prophecies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Rebecca again looked forth, and almost immediately exclaimed, Holy prophets of the law! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- What is clearly apparent is that the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth was a _prophetic teaching_ of the new type that began with the Hebrew prophets. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- More than that, there are four half-length figures of prophets, two above and two below the larger pictures. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Like Balaam and other unwilling prophets, the agents seem moved by an inner compulsion to say and do their allotted parts whether they will or no. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Checker: Paulette