prophetical

Example Sentences

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In that year I printed the Prophetical Merlin, and had eight pounds for the copy.

From William Lilly's History of His Life and Times From the Year 1602 to 1681 by Ashmole, Elias

What Newman called, I think, "The Prophetical Office," that is, the institution of an inspired protest even against an inspired religion, certainly would not do in modern England.

From Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

The Prophetical Books are divided into two classes, the Greater Prophets and the Lesser Prophets.

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous

The Hebrew text belongs to the Second or Prophetical Canon of the Jewish Scriptures, which was not closed till about 200 B.C., or more than 350 years after Jeremiah's death.

From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir

Date of his Prophecies—Notices of his Person—He was a Jew, not trained in any Prophetical School, and sent to prophesy against Israel—Character and Contents of his Writings—IV.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)