Meaning

1 senses
  1. A female prophet.

    Prophetin, Weissagerin

    проро́чицаproróčica, предсказа́тельницаpredskazátelʹnica

    проро́чицяproróčycja

    a woman prophet

Examples

1 sentences
  1. How dare you insult the prophetess Mary!

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
female prophet:
Русский
By meaning 1
female prophet:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
female prophet:

Origin

From Middle English prophetesse, from Old French prophetesse, from Late Latin prophetissa.

From Middle English prophetesse, from Old French prophetesse, from Late Latin prophetissa. By surface analysis, prophet + -ess.

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Forms

plural: prophetesses
Singularprophetess
Pluralprophetesses

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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