e/Propheteering

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has glosseng: Propheteering is a descriptive term which refers to the exercise of the duties, powers, and/or office of a prophet for the principle purpose of deriving money. Propheteering is a portmanteau of the terms prophet and profiteering. Specifically, it refers to people who use other's views of them as a prophet to make money or some other profit. Propheteering has been the subject of a number of novels and movies (such as the film Dragonheart).
lexicalizationeng: Propheteering
instance of(noun) the act of inventing a word or phrase
coinage, neologism, neology
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Castilian
has glossspa: Un adivino, lo mismo que un agorero, sortero o hechicero es la persona que asegura lo que está por venir.
lexicalizationspa: adivino
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