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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

女預言者

Pronunciation / Transliteration: onna yogenja

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Prophetess/ˈprɒf.ɪ.tɪs/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その女預言者は神殿で未来について語った。"

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1 sense
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

Derived from Middle English, originating from Old French 'prophetesse', based on the Late Latin 'prophetissa', and ultimately from the Greek 'prophētis'. Historically used to describe a woman regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God, or a female seer capable of foretelling future events.

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