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Oracle   /ˈɔrəkəl/   Listen
noun
Oracle  n.  
1.
The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle. "Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand."
2.
Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given. "The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving."
3.
The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures usually in the plural. "The first principles of the oracles of God."
4.
(Jewish Antiq.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself. "Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God."
5.
One who communicates an oracle (1) or divine command; an angel; a prophet. "God hath now sent his living oracle Into the world to teach his final will."
6.
Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle. "Oracles of mode." "The country rectors... thought him an oracle on points of learning."
7.
A wise pronouncement or decision considered as of great authority.


verb
Oracle  v. i.  (past & past part. oracled; pres. part. oracling)  To utter oracles. (Obs.)





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"Oracle" Quotes from Famous Books



... signifying the fleet, and though thought to be peculiarly English, was used by the Delphic oracle, when applied to by the Athenians on the Persian invasion: ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth
... none; for from the moment I know that it is even possible or probable that I may leave a place, I have no longer a single hour I can call my own, and though I have now a glimmer of hope, still I shall not be at rest till I know how things are. One of the oracle's sayings must come to pass. I think it will be the middle one or the last—I care not which, for at all events ...
— The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, V.1. • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
... on the top of a frightful rock, in a frozen climate. At length, at dawn of day, he perceived the rock, which was very high and very steep, and upon the summit of it was the bird, speaking like an oracle, telling wonderful things. He thought that with a little dexterity it would be easy to catch it, for it seemed very tame. He got off his horse, and climbed up very quietly. He was so close to the green bird that he thought he could lay hands ...
— The Frog Prince and Other Stories - The Frog Prince, Princess Belle-Etoile, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp • Anonymous
... star fall they judge their kings," interrupted Pausanias (with a curl of his haughty lip) "to have offended the Gods, and suspend them from their office till acquitted by an oracle at Delphi, or a priest at Olympia. A wise superstition. But, Lysander, the night is not moonless, and ...
— Pausanias, the Spartan - The Haunted and the Haunters, An Unfinished Historical Romance • Lord Lytton
... Be attentive, readers. Gasterea, the most attractive of the muses, inspires me. I will be as clear as an oracle, and my precepts will live ...
— The Physiology of Taste • Brillat Savarin


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