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Glossary Term

Risk: Medium
Approved rendering
umprofethi
Transliteration
umprofethi
Rejected alternatives
isangoma (traditional diviner, never use), inyanga (traditional healer, never use)

Prophet

umprofethi is a loanword and standard. Must be kept entirely distinct from isangoma (a diviner-medium who consults amadlozi) and inyanga (a traditional herbalist-healer), both active and respected traditional roles whose method of receiving guidance (through ancestral consultation, divination bones, or trance) is categorically different from a biblical prophet receiving God’s word directly.

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