n.
Pronunciation: ' prä-f ə t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English prophete, from Anglo-French, from Latin propheta, from Greek proph ē t ē s, 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
– proph · et · hood \ - ˌ hu ̇ d \ noun