Southcott

British  

/ ˈsaʊθkɒt /

noun

1. Joanna. 1750–1814, British religious fanatic, who claimed that she would give birth to the second Messiah

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Example Sentences

Managing director Peter Southcott added: "We will not hesitate to take whatever action may be necessary."

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2021

Two centuries ago, a 64-year-old woman called Joanna Southcott announced she was pregnant with the Messiah.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2019

She would soon learn of the life of Southcott, who had predicted a messiah would spark "the millennium" or the Second Coming in England.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2019

One week hence, the box of Prophetess Southcott will be publicly opened by the Psychical Research Society in Albert Hall, one of the largest auditoriums in London.

From Time Magazine Archive

Joanna forms the subject of one of Rowlandson’s caricatures of 1814, Joanna Southcott, the Prophetess, Excommunicating the Bishops, published by Tegg on the 20th of September, 1814.

From English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. by Everitt, Graham