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propheticide

propheticide noun: the slaying of a prophet.

Noun

propheticide (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) The slaying of a prophet.

Origin of propheticide

Possibly prophet + -icide but cf. Latin propheticida.

Questions about propheticide

What does propheticide mean?
Propheticide means the slaying of a prophet.
What part of speech is propheticide?
Propheticide is a noun.

Words near propheticide in the dictionary

  1. prophetical
  2. prophetical year
  3. propheticality
  4. prophetically
  5. propheticalness
  6. propheticide
  7. propheticism
  8. propheticisms
  9. prophetick
  10. propheticly
  11. propheticness

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