prophecy

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English prophecie, from Old French prophetie, from Latin prophētīa, from Ancient Greek προφητεία (prophēteía, “prophecy”), from προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “speaker of a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Displaced native Old English wītgung. Doublet of prophesy. ==== Alternative forms ==== prophecie, prophesy (obsolete) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒfɪsi/ (General American) enPR: prŏfʹĭ-sē, IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑfɪsi/ Hyphenation: pro‧phe‧cy ==== Noun ==== prophecy (countable and uncountable, plural prophecies) A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration. The public interpretation of Scripture. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== prophecy (third-person singular simple present prophecies, present participle prophecying, simple past and past participle prophecied) (chiefly dated) Alternative form of prophesy. 1967, George King, The Five Temples Of God, The Aetherius Society (2014 edition), page 21: The manipulation of these tremendous beneficent energies helped the world so well that the vast majority of these prophecied catastrophies[sic] did not happen. 2001, Marjorie Garber, "“ ” (Quotation Marks)", in S.I. Salamensky, Talk, Talk, Talk: The Cultural Life of Everyday Conversation, Routledge, page 142: One prophecied a change of fortunes for the club: […] == Middle English == === Noun === prophecy alternative form of prophecie