prophetship

English

Etymology

From prophet +‎ -ship.[1]

Noun

prophetship (countable and uncountable, plural prophetships)

  1. The property or state of being a prophet.
    • 1854, Bayard Taylor, “Life in a Syrian Quarantine”, in The Lands of the Saracen; or, Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], published 1855, →OCLC, page 24:
      To deny Mahomet's prophetship would excite a violent antagonism, and I content myself with making them acknowledge that God is greater than all Prophets or Apostles, and that there is but one God for all the human race.
    • 1918, M. Inostranzev, Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I‎[1]:
      As regards the Magians they believed in the prophetship of Zaradasht...

References

  1. ^ “prophetship, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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