The machinery was not in motion, and but a few of the shop doors unbarred, when he alighted in the stable yard of the tavern, and made it his first business to order the mare four quarts of oats.
prophecy. 1  prediction of the future under divine or paranormal guidance; act, practice, or ability of a prophet. 2  any prediction. 3  something prophesied or predicted; specif., the divinely inspired utterance or utterances of a prophet. 4  a book of prophecies.
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous. 2. threatening or disquieting significance: an occurrence of dire portent. 3. a prodigy or marvel. Origin of portent.