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prophetess

/pɹɒfɪˈtɛs/

prophetess noun: a female prophet.

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Noun

prophetess (plural prophetesses)

  1. A female prophet.
    • What made matters worse was that Montanus was accompanied by female prophetesses who spoke in states of ecstasy.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 138

prophetess meaning in Malayalam

prophetess in Malayalam

ഭവിഷ്യദ്വാദിനി, ദീർഘദർശിനി, വരുംകാര്യം പറയുന്നവൾ

Forms of prophetess

pluralprophetesses

Origin of prophetess

From Middle English prophetesse, from Old French prophetesse, from Late Latin prophetissa. By surface analysis, prophet + -ess.

Words formed from prophetess

Questions about prophetess

What does prophetess mean?
Prophetess means a female prophet.
What is prophetess in Malayalam?
Prophetess in Malayalam is ഭവിഷ്യദ്വാദിനി, ദീർഘദർശിനി, വരുംകാര്യം പറയുന്നവൾ. See Prophetess meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is prophetess?
Prophetess is a noun.
How do you pronounce prophetess?
Prophetess is pronounced /pɹɒfɪˈtɛs/ (UK).
What is the plural of prophetess?
The plural of prophetess is prophetesses.

Words near prophetess in the dictionary

  1. prophet
  2. prophet of doom
  3. Prophete
  4. propheteering
  5. Prophetes
  6. prophetess
  7. prophetesses
  8. prophethood
  9. prophethoods
  10. prophetic
  11. prophetic week

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prophetess (page history and authors); prophetess (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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