prophesier

noun

Definition of prophesiernext
as in diviner
one who predicts future events or developments a prophesier of good things for the team in the coming season

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  1. diviner
  2. prophet
  3. mystic
Noun
  • There is, however, one more surprise: Most of the text on Lintel 25 is written backward and was probably designed to be viewed with a mirror by ancient Maya conjurers, diviners or oracles.
    James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
  • Often enough, this meant putting the same sorts of people—women making money as healers or diviners, or colonized people whose local belief systems were frightening to the colonizers—on trial.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Definition of diviner
Noun
  • The star is said to have risen in the east and guided travelers and prophets to the south, Throop said, adding that these ancient accounts make planetary sense.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The witches act as dancers and backup singers as well as prophets.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of prophet
Noun
  • That unassuming manuscript turned out to be the only surviving copy of The Book of Margery Kempe, a medieval text chronicling the adventures of a female Christian mystic.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The secretive leader allegedly sought the advice of mystics before launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
    Harriet Marsden, theweek, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of mystic
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