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Prophecy   /prˈɑfəsi/   Listen
noun
Prophecy  n.  (pl. prophecies)  
1.
A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling. "He hearkens after prophecies and dreams." "Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man."
2.
(Script.) A book of prophecies; a history; as, the prophecy of Ahijah.
3.
Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction.





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"Prophecy" Quotes from Famous Books



... was an hour of triumph for the originators of secession in South Carolina, and no doubt it seemed to them the culmination of all their hopes; but could they have seen into the future with the eye of prophecy, their joy might have been turned into mourning. Who among them could have conceived that the Charleston they deemed so invincible, which they boasted would never be polluted by the footsteps of a Yankee invader until every son ...
— Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 • Abner Doubleday
... mean? A single great personality? The suffering and exiled Hebrew nation? A godly and inspired group of prophets within the nation? The Christian Church has always seen in this servant of Jehovah a striking prophecy of Christ. The fact that the interpretation has long been in question indicates that the characteristics of the servant of Jehovah can be traced in varying degrees in the nation, in the prophetic order, in single prophets, and preeminently in the great culminating ...
— The Social Principles of Jesus • Walter Rauschenbusch
... strode savagely along. In the vicinity of the Slave Market on the Grand Parade he passed—without seeing them—several groups of unemployed artisans whom he knew. Some of them were offended and remarked that he was getting stuck up, but others, observing how strange he looked, repeated the old prophecy that one of these days Owen would go ...
— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell
... manners; and so strictly did he conform to the rules of decorum, that he was regarded as a model of propriety by those who knew him, and had faith in his character; and his capabilities and ambition inspired the prophecy that he would be successful in attaining eminence ...
— File No. 113 • Emile Gaboriau
... imprisonment, and the latter reserved to grace the conqueror's triumph. The greatest part of the populace were put to the sword; and the city was, after a six month's siege, entirely razed, and its site ploughed up; so that according to our Saviour's prophecy, not one stone remained upon another. Those who perished in this siege amounted to about a million; the captives to ...
— Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome • Oliver Goldsmith


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