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
  • Jason Lemon, Senior Politics Editor Philosophy The Prophet By Kahlil Gibran | Penguin Classics The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays by the legendary writer Gibran about a fictional prophet who is asked by townspeople to discuss matters of life before sailing home.
    Newsweek Staff, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The obvious question is, how can a false prophet have the ability to perform miracles?
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2024
Definition of prophet
Noun
  • The mystics were not just these people having these strange extreme experiences.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The cards were drawn under strict instruction of A. E. Waite, a prominent male mystic and freemason.
    Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of mystic
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