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Meanings of prophecy in English

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Czech fantasy board game.

Related terms
Portuguese
previsão
Spanish
predicción

Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

previsão
Portuguese
profecias
Catalan
divinació
Spanish
profecía

A prediction uttered under divine inspiration.

profecias
Russian
пророчество

Message of guidance or prediction derived from a supernatural source.

пророчество
Synonyms
Examples for "divination"
Examples for "divination"
1
Moses told us that God said, 'Do not practice divination or sorcery.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
2
Others have the power of divination; he had the faculty of scent.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
3
They were centred in the Laws as the only means of divination.
The Guardian
4
At last a man came in to consult the idols by divination.
Old Jack
5
Being in all probability a mode of divination for insuring good luck.
The Folk-lore of Plants
Usage of prophecy in English
1
There's a case to be made for prophecy; don't get me wrong.
Death masks
2
The words spoken in jest were in the nature of a prophecy.
Something of Men I Have Known / With Some Papers of a General Na...
3
It describes a movement's goals in words connoting prophecy and religious truth.
The Irish Times
4
The sentence has been reversed; the prophecy of Skirving has become history.
Historical Papers / Part 3 from Volume VI of The Works of John G...
5
The theological ideas of the prophecy are different from those of Isaiah.
Introduction to the Old Testament
6
The second part of this prophecy, alas, has not yet been fulfilled.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
7
Still quite frequently even the king is involved in the evil prophecy.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
8
The text is a prophecy describing the inheritance in its perfect form.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Corinthians, Galatians, a...
9
The next prophecy of this distinguished individual is recorded in Isaiah ix.
The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testam...
10
Tales of the world beyond, and what prophecy said was to come.
Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
11
Do you not remember that several lines of the prophecy are missing?
The curse of deadman's forest
12
Tarkin had long wondered why Dooku's prophecy had never come to pass.
Star Wars: Tarkin
13
The Lady's words haunted him, a grim prophecy he could not forget.
The Tangle Box
14
The prophecy came true, just not in how Orwell may have envisaged.
The Irish Times
15
Fulfilled prophecy is the testimony of the centuries to the living God.
Our Day / In the Light of Prophecy
16
Mrs. Schroder succeeded in carrying out her will, in spite of prophecy.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 / Magazi...
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Prophecy across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common