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Definitions for Oracle
[1] (especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
[2] the agency or medium giving such responses.
[3] a shrine or place at which such responses were given: the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
[4] a person who delivers authoritative, wise, or highly regarded and influential pronouncements.
[5] a divine communication or revelation.
[6] any person or thing serving as an agency of divine communication.
[7] any utterance made or received as authoritative, extremely wise, or infallible.
[8] oracles, the Scriptures.
[9] the holy of holies of the Temple built by Solomon in Jerusalem. I Kings 6:16, 19–23.
[10] a prophecy, often obscure or allegorical, revealed through the medium of a priest or priestess at the shrine of a god
[11] a shrine at which an oracular god is consulted
[12] an agency through which a prophecy is transmitted
[13] any person or thing believed to indicate future action with infallible authority
[14] a statement believed to be infallible and authoritative
[15] Bible a message from God the holy of holies in the Israelite temple
Words related to Oracle
edict, apocalypse, fortune, revelation, augury, canon, prediction, commandment, prognostication, answer, law, divination, vision
Words nearby Oracle
ora et labora, ora pro nobis, orac, orach, orache, oracle, oracle bones, oracles, oracular, oracy, orad
Origin of Oracle
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French < Latin ōrāculum, equivalent to ōrā(re ) to plead (see oration) + -culum -cle2
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Word origin for Oracle
C14: via Old French from Latin ōrāculum, from ōrāre to request
Synonyms for Oracle
answer, apocalypse, augury, canon, commandment, divination, edict, fortune, law, prediction, prognostication, revelation, vision