prophethood
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- noun
- /ˈprɒfɪthʊd/
- Many people believe that prophethood is a divine gift given to some individuals throughout history.
Examples
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With the background of merging the military, prophethood, and religious laws, the three areas we now examine are the executive, legislative, and judicial.
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His military power, prophethood, and religious laws all roll into one.
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Muhammad grew in his mission and sense of prophethood.
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First, he grows in his sense of prophethood as he defines it.
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His prophethood began around the year 240 A.D.
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However, his growing military power and his sense of prophethood also coincide with the multiplication of religious laws.
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In religious texts, the concept of prophethood is often associated with delivering God's messages to humanity.
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The community respected his prophethood because they believed he received revelations from God.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prophethood comes from prophet, a word that originally meant 'one who speaks for' or 'one who tells' messages from God, and it shares the same root as prophecy, a 'message about the future'. So prophethood is the role or period of being that person who receives or gives such messages.