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prophetship

prophetship noun: the property or state of being a prophet.

Noun

prophetship (countable and uncountable, plural prophetships)

  1. The property or state of being a prophet.
    • To deny Mahomet's prophetship would excite a violent antagonism, and I content myself with making them acknowledge that God is greater than all Prophets or Apostles, and that there is but one God for all the human race.1854 (date written), Bayard Taylor, “Life in a Syrian Quarantine”, in The Lands of the Saracen; or, Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam &...
    • As regards the Magians they believed in the prophetship of Zaradasht...1918, M. Inostranzev, Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I

Forms of prophetship

pluralprophetships

Origin of prophetship

From prophet + -ship.

Questions about prophetship

What does prophetship mean?
Prophetship means the property or state of being a prophet.
What part of speech is prophetship?
Prophetship is a noun.
What is the plural of prophetship?
The plural of prophetship is prophetships.

Words near prophetship in the dictionary

  1. prophetological
  2. prophetology
  3. prophetry
  4. prophets
  5. prophets of doom
  6. prophetship
  7. prophetships
  8. prophies
  9. propho
  10. prophoric
  11. prophos

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