prophetess

From Middle English prophetesse, from Old French prophetesse, from Late Latin prophetissa. By surface analysis, prophet +‎ -ess.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹɒfɪˈtɛs/*

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prophetess (plural prophetesses)

1. A female prophet.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 138:

     What made matters worse was that Montanus was accompanied by female prophetesses who spoke in states of ecstasy.

• oppresseth, postherpes