prophetess
nounUK /pɹɒfɪˈtɛs/
Etymology From Middle English prophetesse, from Old French prophetesse, from Late Latin prophetissa. By surface analysis, prophet + -ess.
1
A female prophet.
- What made matters worse was that Montanus was accompanied by female prophetesses who spoke in states of ecstasy.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 138:
- Derived terms
- pseudoprophetess