单词 | prophethood |
释义 | prophethoodn. The state or condition of being a prophet; the position of a prophet. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > prophecy > [noun] > person > collective prophetc1175 prophecyc1400 prophethood1841 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > prophecy > [noun] > person > office of prophetship1583 prophethood1841 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 181 That notion of Mahomet's, of his supreme Prophethood. 1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry i. 50 For her sake, he would give up all his power and prophethood. 1917 W. Rauschenbusch Theol. for Social Gospel xix. 278 This poem is the finest expression I know of the historic function of prophethood within the solidarity of mankind and its spiritual progress. 1949 H. A. R. Gibb Mohammedanism x. 187 The original or Qādiāni branch [of the Ahmadīya] maintained the founder's claim to prophethood. 2003 W. T. de Bary in D. A. Bell & H. Chaibong Confucianism for Mod. World 371 Laconic wisdom, gentleness, modesty, and humane concern—rather than any great claim to authority or prophethood—have come to define the quintessential Confucian sage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841 |
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