单词 | pseudoprophetess |
释义 | pseudoprophetessn. A false prophetess; a woman who falsely claims to be a prophetess, or who prophesies falsely. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > a false prophet > female pseudoprophetess1680 1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos ii. 21 ‘Which calleth herself a Prophetess’, but is indeed a Pseudoprophetess..and seducer of my servants. 1822 Times 2 Dec. 3/1 A respectable dissenting clergyman of Kingsbridge was in company..with some of the disciples of that pseudo-prophetess Joanna Southcott. 1870 R. Anderson Hist. Sandwich Islands Mission ix. 62 In the summer of 1824, a pseudo-prophetess came to Maui from Kilauea. 1900 W. M. Warren tr. C. Wolff Theologia Naturalis in Philos. Rev. 9 461 During the singing the pseudo-prophetess was overcome, at first by a languor, and then by a profound sleep. 1938 V. Sackville-West St. Joan of Arc xv. 304 That the woman commonly named Jeanne la Pucelle..shall be denounced and declared as a sorceress, diviner, pseudoprophetess [etc.]. 1997 A. J. P. Garrow Revelation v. 97 This identification of the object of God's judgment raises questions regarding the relationship between the whore Babylon and pseudoprophetess Jezebel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1680 |
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