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prophetesses

prophetesses is the plural of prophetess.

Meaning of prophetess

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

Questions about prophetesses

What is prophetesses the plural of?
Prophetesses is the plural of prophetess.

Words near prophetesses in the dictionary

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

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