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Definition of Prophesying
1. prophesy [v] - See also: prophesy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prophesying
Literary usage of Prophesying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"Thus, then, my brethren, be all of you desirous of prophesying; and hinder not the
... Every woman," says he, " praying or prophesying without having a ..."
2. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1902)
"Other preachers in the same city held forth in a similar style, prophesying
terrible visitations, and a purification of the Church. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Congregational Usages and Principles, According to Ancient by Preston Cummings (1852)
"prophesying, ordinary, ie expounding the word. — In 1618 John Robinson published
his "Plea for prophesying, or Speaking after Sermon, in Reply to Mr. John ..."
4. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1822)
"... THE LIBERTY OF prophesying. SECTION IV. Of the Difficulty of expounding Scripture..
THESE considerations are taken from the nature of Scripture itself; ..."
5. A Collection of Theological Essays from Various Authors by American Unitarian Association (1866)
"It becomes necessary, therefore, to form some general notion of the nature of
these gifts and their relation to each other. (1.) The gift of "prophesying" ..."
6. The Works of John Locke by John Locke (1823)
"Praying and prophesying," as hath been shown, signifying here the doing some peculiar
... As to prophesying, the apostle in express words tells us, cb. xiv. ..."
7. Religious Thought in England, from the Reformation to the End of Last by John Hunt (1870)
"Liberty of prophesying.' Among all the Churchmen of the Restoration none have
achieved a more lasting reputation than Jeremy Taylor. ..."
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