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Webster 1913 Edition

Prophetess

Proph′et-ess

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

prophétesse

, L.

prophetissa

.]

A female prophet.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prophetess

PROPH'ETESS

,

Noun.

A female prophet; a woman who foretells future events, as Miriam, Huldah, Anna, &c. Ex.15. Judg.4. Luke 2.

Definition 2024

prophetess

prophetess

English

Noun

prophetess ‎(plural prophetesses)

A female prophet.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 138:
  What made matters worse was that Montanus was accompanied by female prophetesses who spoke in states of ecstasy.

Translations

female prophet

Armenian: մարգարեուհի (hy) ‎(margareuhi)
Belarusian: праро́чыца f ‎(praróčyca)
Bulgarian: проро́чица f ‎(proróčica)
Czech: věštkyně (cs) f, prorokyně f
French: prophétesse (fr) f
German: Prophetin f
Hungarian: prófétanő (hu)
Irish: banfháidh m, fáidhbhean f
Italian: profetessa (it) f
Japanese: 女預言者 ‎(おんなよげんしゃ, onna yogensha)
Latin: vaticinatrix f
Macedonian: проро́чица f ‎(proróčica)
Polish: prorokini (pl) f
Portuguese: profetisa (pt) f

Romanian: profetă f
Russian: проро́чица (ru) f ‎(proróčica), предсказа́тельница (ru) f ‎(predskazátelʹnica)
Scottish Gaelic: ban-fhàidh f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: пророчица f

Roman: pròročica (sh) f
Slovak: prorokyňa f
Slovene: prerokinja f
Spanish: profetisa (es) f
Swedish: profetissa (sv) c, sierska (sv) c
Ukrainian: проро́чиця f ‎(proróčycja)
Welsh: proffwydes f
Yiddish: נבֿיאה f ‎(nevie)

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