prophetical

Example Sentences

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His ephemeral work — anti-normality, anti-materialist, anti-classist — had assumed an exhortative, prophetical tone.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2019

To be a patriarch, one need not retire into prophetical obscurity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Canon Driver points out that they are mostly posterior to the prophetical writings.

From The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism by Foote, G. W. (George William)

Jewish commentators naturally suggested events and objects short of evangelical as the fulfilment of the prophetical announcements, and, when it was possible, an ethical sense instead of a prophetical.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

What pathetic dignity there is in his often-repeated saying, when time after time his prophetical books were returned upon his hands—"Well, it is published elsewhere—and beautifully bound."

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher