Prŏph'e-cy, n.
n. [Fr. prophétie, O. Fr. profecie, Pr. prophécia, prophétia, Sp. & Pg. profecia, It. profezia, Lat. prophetia, Gr. προφητεία, from προφητεύειν, to be an interpreter of the gods, to prophesy, from προφήτης, prophet, q. v.]
Sense 1. A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; especially, an inspired foretelling.
Let my prophecy come home to you. Shak.
Sense 2. (Script.) A book of prophecies; a history; as, the prophecy of Ahijah. 2 Chron. ix. 29.
Sense 3. Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation, or instruction.