prophetic

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Other types - prophetic, apostolic, poetic - typically function in a dispersed mode outside the walls of churches.

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  1. adjective Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy: prophetic books.
  2. adjective Foretelling events as if by divine inspiration: casual words that proved prophetic.

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  • His deep, sunken eye, beneath his overarched brow, denoted the prophetic--it might almost be said the inspired--mind within. —  Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
  • Other types - prophetic, apostolic, poetic - typically function in a dispersed mode outside the walls of churches. —  NextReformation
  • Seriously though, the Hamas-holes who say that "Palestinians want death like Israelis want life" are ... well, I guess the word would be "prophetic" -- cause that's what they're gonna get! —  Seraphic Secret
  • Mind you, Bentley and his cohorts are people who claim to be visited by angels, talk about their trips to heaven and their conversations with the apostle Paul, and pepper their language with the word 'prophetic' - pretending to speak the very words of God into people's lives and situations. —  Apologetics Index
  • (He also publicly said his warnings on the destiny of the Jews were "prophetic" - obviously, he regarded himself as a kind Messiah or prophet.)
 

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  1. from French prophétique = Portuguese prophetico = Spanish profético = Italian profetico (cf. Dutch profetisch = German prophetisch = Swedish Danish profetisk), from Late Latin propheticus, from Greek προφητικός, pertaining to a prophet or to prophecy, from προφήτης, a prophet: see prophet.
 

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