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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prophecy \Proph"e*cy\, n.; pl {Prophecies}, [OE. prophecie, OF
profecie F. proph['e]tie, L. prophetia, fr Gr ?, fr ? to
be an interpreter of the gods, to prophesy, fr ? prophet.
See {Prophet}.]
1. A declaration of something to come a foretelling; a
prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.
He hearkens after prophecies and dreams. --Shak.
Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man.
--2. Pet. i.
21.
2. (Script.) A book of prophecies; a history; as the
prophecy of Ahijah. --2 Chron. ix 29.
3. Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation
or instruction.
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