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Prophetess

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female prophet.

    "What made matters worse was that Montanus was accompanied by female prophetesses who spoke in states of ecstasy."

  2. 2
    a woman prophet wordnet

Etymology

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

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