Synonym: divination, prognostication, vaticination. Similar words: prophet, prophesy, prophetic, apostrophe, catastrophe, prophylaxis, trophy, atrophy. Meaning: ['prɑfɪsɪ /'prɒ-] n. 1. knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) 2. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration.
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121. The next prophecy is against the Ammonites (east of the Jordan), descendants of Lot's son Ben- Ammi (Gen. 19:38).
122. Already the forerunner was born, his mission attested by miracle and prophecy.
123. Theoclymenus delivers his prophecy as the suitors are sitting down for their noontime meal.
124. This prophecy presents a fascinating challenge, for it combines a short-term prediction about the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple, with a long-term forecast of world events.
125. Worldwide, people are fascinated with a purported Mayan prophecy that predicts a cataclysmic event in 2012.
126. The two of them adopted the infant Oedipus after his father Laius left him to die, heeding a prophecy that his son would kill him, which, of course, he eventually did.
127. Tim. 4:14 Do not neglect the gift which is in you, which was given to you by means of prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
128. In addressing the puzzle of why Moore's prophecy has failed to come true in China, Tsai notes that the party-state has successfully co-opted and patronised China's new bourgeoisie.
129. No prophecy can be expected to go on all fours.
130. Pope John XXIII reportedly opened the envelope when 1960 arrived, but refused to divulge its contents, saying, "This prophecy does not relate to my time."Sentencedict
131. But the optimist looks for loopholes. Negative or positive, it was a self-fulfilling prophecy.
132. The assertion that the widespread proliferation is unavoidable could become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
133. This method of impalement by lance is also evident in both "The Prophecy" and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" where in each movie we see a scene in which hundreds are impaled in the same upright manner.
134. In this and two later visits, he introduced Gerardo to the prophecy of the Feathered Serpent Kukulkan, a snake-like sacred earth energy that moves through the land.
135. Blowing Away Cobwebs. Even the Beatles' nonmusical utterances tend to take on the tone and weight of social prophecy.
136. The China Banking Regulatory Commission at the time of the visit to determine the risk of foreign exchange assets - "the loss is far from bottoming out, " really seems to be a prophecy.
137. Allowing myself to be seduced by fear and insecurity became self-fulfilling prophecy of sabotage.
138. This famous temple was the home to the Pythia, a specially chosen and trained woman who, according to legend, channeled the voice and wisdom of Apollo, the god of prophecy.
139. In view of later New Deal policies, it was a poor prophecy.
140. And such a prophecy would not have been an altogether vain one.
141. Compare his reluctance here with his announcement of a prophecy at the climax of the Antigone.
142. Nostradamus - The Last Prophecy is already installed on your computer.
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