prophethood
prophethood noun: state or condition of being a prophet.
Noun
prophethood (countable and uncountable, plural prophethoods)
- State or condition of being a prophet.
- They are all invested with the robe of prophethood, and are honored with the mantle of glory.1935, Shoghi Effendi, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, translation of original by Bahá’u’lláh
- There is no doubt whatever that such souls were prophets, for the mission of prophethood is education, and these wondrous souls trained and educated mankind.1927, Barbara R. Sims, Japan Will Turn Ablaze!
prophethood meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Kannada and Arabic
prophethood in Urdu
- نبوت, پیغمبری, رسالت
prophethood in Bengali
- state or condition of being a prophet
- নবুয়ত nobuẏot
prophethood in Kannada
- ಪ್ರವಾದಿತನ, ಪ್ರವಾದಿಯ ಸ್ಥಾನ, ಪ್ರವಾದಿಯ ವೃತ್ತಿ
prophethood in Arabic
- state or condition of being a prophet
- نُبُوَّة nubuwwa
More languagesFewer languages
- prophethood in Malay
- kenabian
Forms of prophethood
| plural | prophethoods |
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Origin of prophethood
From prophet + -hood.
Questions about prophethood
- What does prophethood mean?
- Prophethood means state or condition of being a prophet.
- What is prophethood in Urdu?
- Prophethood in Urdu is نبوت, پیغمبری, رسالت. See Prophethood meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is prophethood?
- Prophethood is a noun.
- What is the plural of prophethood?
- The plural of prophethood is prophethoods.
Words near prophethood in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: prophethood (page history and authors); prophethood (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prophethood (Kannada 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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