vaticide

/ˈvætɪsaɪd/
noun
  1. The act of killing a prophet.
    • In the myth, the king's vaticide was seen as a crime against the gods.
    • The ancient story tells of a vaticide that silenced the oracle forever.
    • The novel explores the consequences of vaticide in a world where prophets are revered.
  2. A person who kills a prophet.
    • The detective hunted the vaticide who had targeted the city's last prophet.
    • The villain was known as a vaticide, having murdered three seers.
    • In the legend, the vaticide was cursed to wander the earth.