prophecy

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. An inspired utterance of a prophet, viewed as a revelation of divine will.
2. n. A prediction of the future, made under divine inspiration.
3. n. Such an inspired message or prediction transmitted orally or in writing.
4. n. The vocation or condition of a prophet.
5. n. A prediction.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Inspired discourse; specifically, in Christian theol., discourse flowing from the revelation and impulse of the Holy Spirit.
2. n. A prediction; declaration of something to come; especially, a foretelling under divine inspiration.
3. n. Interpretation of Scripture; religious exhortation or instruction.
4. n. In liturgics: A lection from the Old Testament, especially a eucharistic or missal lection; also, a lection in the Mozarabic daily office, and in the Greek Church at sabbath vespers on certain festivals.
5. n. The canticle Benedictus (Luke i. 68-79) as sung in the Gallican liturgy, afterward displaced by the Gloria in Excelsis. Synonyms Divination, etc. See prediction.

Wiktionary

1. n. A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.
2. n. (Script.) A book of prophecies; a history.
3. n. Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
2. n. knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)