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prophecy
1. a. a message of divine truth revealing God's will b. the act of uttering such a message 2. the function, activity, or charismatic endowment of a prophet or prophets Prophecy See also Omen. Prosperity (See SUCCESS.) Ancaeus prophecy that he would not live to taste the wine from his vineyards is fulfilled. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 32] Roman officials who interpreted omens. [Rom. Hist.: Parrinder, 34] vaticinally speaks with Jehovah’s voice. [O.T.: Numbers 23:8–10; 24:18–24] Irish spirit who foretells death. [Irish Folklore: Briggs, 14–16] disembodied hand foretells Belshazzar’s death. [O.T.: Daniel 5] picture of world’s condition 600 years from now. [Br. Lit.: Brave New World] (Martha Jane Canary or Martha Burke, 1852–1903) mannish prophetess of doom. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 71] declares that Iphigenia must be sacrificed to appease Artemis and ensure the Greeks’ safe passage to Troy. [Gk. Myth.: Hamilton, 261] sees bloody statue of Julius in dream. [Br. Lit.: Julius Caesar] the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] always accurate but fated to be disbelieved, predicts doom of Troy to brother, Hector. [Br. Lit.: Troilus and Cressida; Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 57] sibyl to discover future, leads Aeneas to Hades. [Gk. Lit.: Aeneid] ancient oracular center near Mt. Parnassus. [Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 74; Jobes, 428] oldest oracle of Zeus in Greece. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 83] priest and prophet to the Jews during Babylonian captivity. [O.T.: Ezekiel] its crowing predicts either peace or disaster. [Russ. Opera: Rimsky-Korsakov, Coq d’Or, Westerman, 392] sinister omen of death. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 207–208] ancient Etruscan seers who divined the future from the entrails of animals. [Rom. Hist.: EB, IV: 933] tells of impending disaster for the idolatrous. [O.T.: II Kings 22:14–19]
a book of divination and speculations. [Chinese Lit.: I Ching] foretells fall of Jerusalem; prophet of doom. [O.T.: Isaiah] the Lord’s herald. [O.T.: Jeremiah] the Baptist foretells the coming of Jesus. [N.T.: Luke 3:16] predicted famine from Pharaoh’s dreams. [O.T.: Genesis 41:25–36] seer who interpreted the words of the Argo’s talking prow. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 684] (570–632) the prophet of Islam. [Islam. Hist.: NCE, 1854] (1503–1566) startlingly accurate French astrologer and physician. [Fr. Hist.: NCE, 1969] priestess of Apollo, the Delphic Oracle, endowed with prophetic powers. [Gk. Hist.: Collier’s, VII, 682] a small boy predicts winners in horse races through the medium of a demonic rocking horse. [Br. Lit.: D. H. Lawrence The Rocking-Horse Winner in Benét, 866] women endowed with prophetic powers who interceded with gods for men. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 239] nine tomes foretelling Rome’s future. [Rom. Leg.: Brewer Dictionary] prophet; professed visions of new faith. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 467] messianic Martian shows earthlings the way. [Am. Lit.: Stranger in a Strange Land] (Homericae, Virgilianae, Biblicae) fortune-telling by taking random passages from a book (as Iliad, Aeneid, or the Bible). [Eur. Culture: Collier’s, VII, 683] “the wisest woman in Europe,” cleverly interprets the Tarot cards. [Br. Poetry: T. S. Eliot “The Waste Land”] cards used to tell fortunes. [Magic: Brewer Dictionary, 1063] blind and greatest of all mythological prophets. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 255; Gk. Lit.: Antigone; Odyssey; Oedipus Tyrannus] foretells Gustavus’ murder by his friend Anckarstrom. [Ital. Opera: Verdi, Masked Ball, Westerman, 313–315]
John the Baptist, in reference to his prophecy of the coming of Christ. [N.T.: Matthew 3:3] three witches who set Macbeth agog with prophecies of kingship. [Br. Lit.: Macbeth] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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