prophetess
Example Sentences
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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
This immortal masterpiece, the “Jayaparajaya,” is the work of a prophetess named Pampa Kampana who died in 1565 at the age of 247.
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023
Olive sees her as a prophetess of the new order, given proper coaching.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2018
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
The weak, unsteady light placed shadows under her mouth and in the sockets of her eyes, making the face impersonal with majesty, like the face of a prophetess, or like a mask.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
