Definition of Prophetic

1. Adjective. Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention. "Words that proved prophetic"


Definition of Prophetic

1. a. Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold.

Definition of Prophetic

1. Adjective. of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet ¹

2. Adjective. predicted, as by a prophecy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prophetic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prophetic

prophesies
prophesieth
prophesize
prophesized
prophesizes
prophesizing
prophesy
prophesying
prophet
prophet of doom
propheteering
prophetess
prophetesses
prophethood
prophethoods
prophetic (current term)
prophetical
propheticality
prophetically
propheticalness
prophetick
prophetize
prophetized
prophetizes
prophetizing
prophetlike
prophetship
prophetships
prophoric
prophragma

Literary usage of Prophetic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Archaeology and the Bible by George Aaron Barton (1916)
"COMPARISON WITH prophetic PASSAGES. A LAMENTATION FOR TAMMUZ. THERE is no other body of literature which closely corresponds to the books of the Hebrew ..."

2. Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews by Robert Lowth (1829)
"of poetry deduced from the nature and design of prophecy itself—An example of the true style of prophetic poetry produced from Isaiah, and explained : also ..."

3. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Amos and Hosea by William Rainey Harper (1905)
"THE PRE-prophetic SOCIETIES Phoenician Baalism, a new form of syncretism which, ... The pre-prophetic societies constitute a phase in the development of ..."

4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"In this paper I wish to give the details of a most remarkable dream which belongs to the important group that points to the prophetic power of the soul. ..."

5. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Amos and Hosea by William Rainey Harper (1905)
"PRE-prophetic INFLUENCES IN THE TIME OF ELISHA. i. Close cooperation of the prophet with the government, a conspiracy against the government and its ..."

6. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Amos and Hosea by William Rainey Harper (1905)
"The content of these propositions prepares the way for an examination of other pre-prophetic influences which antedated the work of Amos and Hosea; ..."

7. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"Second period, 1792-6, mythic and prophetic lays, and Songs of Experience. Third period, 1797-1804 and later; darker prophetic lays, ..."

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