Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - prophecy
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Prophecy
prophecy
also prophesy noun (plural -cies; also -sies) Etymology: Middle English prophecie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin prophetia, from Greek propheteia, from prophetes prophet Date: 13th century 1. an inspired utterance of a prophet 2. the function or vocation of a prophet; specifically the inspired declaration of divine will and purpose 3. a prediction of something to come
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a prophetic utterance, esp. Biblical. b a prediction of future events (a prophecy of massive inflation). 2 the faculty, function, or practice of prophesying (the gift of prophecy). Etymology: ME f. OF profecie f. LL prophetia f. Gk propheteia (as PROPHET) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. предсказание, пророчество; прорицание the gift of prophecy —- дар ясновидения the prophecy was fulfilled —- предсказание сбылось 2. рел. ист. публичная проповедь священного писания 3. книга пророчеств the prophecy of Isaiah —- книга пророка Исайи ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(prophecies) A prophecy is a statement in which someone says they strongly believe that a particular thing will happen. ...Biblical prophecy. N-VAR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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also prophesy AmE n plural prophecies 1 a statement that something will happen in the future, especially one made by someone with religious or magic powers + tha (The prophecy that David would become king was fulfilled.) 2 the making of statements about what will happen in the future (- see also self-fulfilling prophecy selffulfilling) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 12c., from O.Fr. prophecie, from L.L. prophetia, from Gk. prophetia "gift of interpreting the will of the gods," from prophetes (see prophet). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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