The meaning of PROPHETIC is of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. How to use prophetic in a sentence.

Obviously, there is a hierarchy, with prophetic discourse, although ambiguous, ranking as the most authoritative, and the poetic and mystic forms at the bottom.

Definition of prophetic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy: prophetic books. 2. Foretelling events as if by divine inspiration: casual words that proved prophetic.

16th century woodcut of a soothsayer delivering a prophecy to a king, deriving it from stars, fishes, and noises from the mountains In religion, mythology, and fiction, a prophecy is a message that has been …

prophetic, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

PROPHETIC definition: of or relating to a prophet. See examples of prophetic used in a sentence.

The adjective prophetic traces all the way back to the Greek word prophētikos, meaning "predicting." You know who's really good at predicting stuff? Prophets. Usually, prophetic is used to describe a …

Dec 14, 2025 · prophetic (not comparable) Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.

PROPHETIC meaning: 1 : correctly stating what will happen in the future; 2 : of or relating to a prophet or to prophecy