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

The Pythoness, Apollo’s priestess and prophetess, had found him one morning, a little baby, lying on the temple stairway, and had brought him up as tenderly as a mother.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton