foreteller

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And you, O priest, the foreteller, foretell for yourself if you can, Foretell the hour of the day when the Vais shall burst on your clan!

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Then, again, the word prophet has come to be associated with the thought of a foreteller of future events.

From Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series by Macpherson, Hector Carsewell

Upon the directions of Ambrose, whose advice he had asked by letter, he tried to read the prophet Isaiah, because Isaiah is the clearest foreteller of the Redemption.

From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent

In all high-strung Irish souls there is a bit of the old wife, the foreteller; the gift of prescience; and Kitty possessed this in a mild degree.

From The Drums of Jeopardy by MacGrath, Harold

This was Khosrul,—the Prophet of a creed that was to revolutionize the world,—the fanatic for a faith as yet unrevealed to men,—the dauntless foreteller of the downfall of Al-Kyris and its King!

From Ardath by Corelli, Marie