Prophet



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 先知; 预言家
• ［英］ n. 先知; 预言家 ( a person who claims to be able to tell the course of future events)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English prophete, from Anglo-French, from Latin propheta, from Greek prophētēs, from pro for + phanai to speak — more at for, ban
• Date: 12th century
• 1. one who utters divinely inspired revelations: as
  • a. often capitalized the writer of one of the prophetic books of the Bible
  • b. capitalized one regarded by a group of followers as the final authoritative revealer of God's will <Muhammad, the Prophet of Allah>
• 2. one gifted with more than ordinary spiritual and moral insight; especially an inspired poet
• 3. one who foretells future events ; predictor
• 4. an effective or leading spokesman for a cause, doctrine, or group
• 5. Christian Science
  • a. a spiritual seer
  • b. disappearance of material sense before the conscious facts of spiritual Truth
• ? prophethood noun

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