2Relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
‘the prophetic books of the Old Testament’
‘The prophetic books, especially, look forward to a return to this sort of paradise after the day of Judgement.’
‘Isaiah marks the beginning of the prophetic books of the Old Testament.’
‘He left Spain again, and in 1279 in Patras wrote his first prophetic book.’
‘The prophetic discourse characterized the people as the agent of social change.’
‘I have tried to show how the philosopher retains his prophetic character.’
‘The book's second half focuses on the ethics of prophetic and apocalyptic literature.’
‘The Book of Revelation gives a prophetic description of the end of the world.’
‘Dangerous times call for bold acts of empathy, prophetic visions of justice and mercy.’
‘You have a keen psychic sensitivity, and you express your creativity in prophetic or intuitive ways; you are in tune spiritually.’
‘But alongside his prophetic insights were many idiosyncratic and sometimes silly arguments.’
‘He clear vision, prophetic spirit and idiosyncratic musical style stand out in the Australian musical world.’
‘Can we interpret their prophetic vision in a Scottish context?’
‘The second time around, she fulfilled her desire to anoint His head as well, this time not as an act of repentance, but as an act of love and prophetic insight.’
‘Dangerous times call for bold acts of empathy, prophetic visions of justice and mercy.’
‘At the core of the prophetic text we find a word which seems contradictory, at least at first sight.’
‘Ultimately, anagogically, linear time ceases to hold sway and the prophetic soul perceives past, present and future as one.’
‘The majority occur in the prophetic genre where often these words have a symbolic meaning of blessing or judgment.’
‘Their work had an oracular or prophetic immediacy for a civilian population generally starved of real news about the war.’
‘I could never keep straight the prophetic meanings found in the Books of Daniel and Revelation.’
‘Central to the prophetic tradition is its critique of religious rituals, beliefs and those who enforce them.’