Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
prophetic .
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- adjective
prophetic
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- adjective foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
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Examples
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The revelation, now granted, analyzes into its successive parts that which the prophets, in prophetical perspective, heretofore saw together in one; namely, the redemption from captivity, and the full Messianic redemption.
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In Fox we have a person of extraordinary psychical experiences and of dynamic leadership, and in him the "prophetical" and "enthusiast" traits of the movement are strikingly in evidence.
Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Rufus Matthew Jones 1905
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Lat., s.v. Pastores); the latter Church celebrated a second "prophetical" mystery after Tierce, in which Virgil and the Sibyl join with Old
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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As Anne Hutchinson put it at her trial, "The Lord knows that I could not open scripture; he must by his prophetical office open it unto me."
Frank Schaeffer: Why I Wrote Sex, Mom, and God: How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics--and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway Frank Schaeffer 2011
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As Anne Hutchinson put it at her trial, "The Lord knows that I could not open scripture; he must by his prophetical office open it unto me."
Frank Schaeffer: Why I Wrote Sex, Mom, and God: How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics--and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway Frank Schaeffer 2011
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After all, science fiction is prophetical, and the worlds we've envisioned as the most likely are becoming reality.
Another definition of science fiction joshenglish 2008
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You stated:The plain reading of the text shows Jesus making prophetical statements directly to his listeners.
Debunking Debunking Christianity Christianity James F. McGrath 2009
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The plain reading of the text shows Jesus making prophetical statements directly to his listeners.
Debunking Debunking Christianity Christianity James F. McGrath 2009
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These short prophetical announcements, in number 112....
Archive 2009-03-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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But that's precisely why I want someone Mailer-esque -- pugnacious, free-swinging, and prophetical, provocative and profane -- advising our president.
William J. Astore: Obama at the Precipice: Tough Guys Don't Need to Dance in Afghanistan 2009
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