🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

profetessa

Pronunciation / Transliteration: profetessa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
prophetess/ˈprɒf.ɪ.tɪs/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La profetessa avvertì la città del pericolo imminente."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A woman who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration; a female prophet.

    "In ancient times, people traveled from afar to seek wisdom from the revered prophetess."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Old French prophetesse, or from Late Latin prophetissa, feminine of propheta (see prophet).

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