prophetess
Example Sentences
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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
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
It venerates Deborah the prophetess judge and the entrepreneurial Lydia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 20, 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
To him, only the heroic male nude possessed the physical monumentality necessary to express the awesome power of figures such as this mythical prophetess.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
