How dare you insult the prophetess Mary!
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Prophetess
Synonyms for "prophetess" (23 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Noun(3 words)
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12 entriesadult femaleforecastermythic figureoracleprophesierprophetreligious figurereligious leaderseervaticinatorvisionarywoman
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3 entriesCollocations
5 entriesancient prophetessbiblical prophetessfemale prophetrenowned prophetessrevered prophetess
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6 total sentences available.
"There, when at Cumae landing from the main, / Avernus' lakes and sounding woods ye gain, / thyself shalt see, within her rock-hewn shrine, / the frenzied prophetess, whose mystic strain / expounds the Fates, to leaves of trees consign / the notes and names that mark the oracles divine."
Source: tatoeba (7141486)
"But linger thou, nor count thy lingering vain, / though comrades chide, and breezes woo the fleet. / Approach the prophetess; with prayer unchain / her voice to speak."
Source: tatoeba (7144744)
So Mary the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand: and all the women went forth after her with timbrels and with dances.
Source: tatoeba (8055141)
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