prophetess
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The 5-inch drawing depicts the right foot of the Libyan Sibyl, a blonde prophetess wearing a creamsicle gown painted onto the chapel ceiling’s eastern end.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
The wife, whom the Assemblies described as the prophetess, was later released following an unspecified medical episode, police said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025
“She has overturned heaven and earth for us,” a young prophetess announces.
From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2017
Greek myths narrate the failure of prediction: For the Trojan prophetess Cassandra, those in power found ways to ignore even her perfect prophecy.
From Slate • Jul. 8, 2016
They had heard of her strange fame as a prophetess whom no one ever believed and yet whose prophecies were always proved true by the event.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
