- a prophet is not without honour, save in his own country
имя существительное 1) а) предсказатель б) [религия] пророк Синоним(ы): soothsayer, foreteller, predictor в) знак, предзнаменование, примета Синоним(ы): omen, portent 2) (the Prophets) [библеистика] Пророки (одна из трёх частей еврейского Ветхого Завета; включает книги пророков Исайи, Иеремии, Иезекииля и др.) Смотри: Hagiographa, law 3) проповедник (идей и т. п.) 4) [используется в разговорной речи] "жучок" (на скачках)
noun Etymology: Middle English prophete, from Anglo-French, from Latin propheta, from Greek prophētēs, from pro for + phanai to speak — more at for, ban 1. one who utters divinely inspired revelations: as a. often capitalized the writer of one of the prophetic books of the Bible b. capitalized one regarded by a group of followers as the final authoritative revealer of God's will Example: Muhammad, the Prophet of Allah 2. one gifted with more than ordinary spiritual and moral insight; especially an inspired poet 3. one who foretells future events; predictor 4. an effective or leading spokesman for a cause, doctrine, or group 5. Christian Science a. a spiritual seer b. disappearance of material sense before the conscious facts of spiritual Truth • prophethood noun