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oracle
[ awr-uh-kuhl, or- ]
noun
- (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.
- the agency or medium giving such responses.
- a shrine or place at which such responses were given:
the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
- a person who delivers authoritative, wise, or highly regarded and influential pronouncements.
- a divine communication or revelation.
- any person or thing serving as an agency of divine communication.
- any utterance made or received as authoritative, extremely wise, or infallible.
- oracles, the Scriptures.
- the holy of holies of the Temple built by Solomon in Jerusalem. 1 Kings 6:16, 19–23.
oracle
/ ˈɒrəkəl /
noun
- a prophecy, often obscure or allegorical, revealed through the medium of a priest or priestess at the shrine of a god
- a shrine at which an oracular god is consulted
- an agency through which a prophecy is transmitted
- any person or thing believed to indicate future action with infallible authority
- a statement believed to be infallible and authoritative
- Bible
- a message from God
- the holy of holies in the Israelite temple
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Example Sentences
Her very first sculpture, a metallic chrome unicorn aptly titled “Space Oracle,” sits on a pedestal directly in front.
And, anyway, what would it take to be a Samuel Gompers at Microsoft, Facebook, Oracle, Amazon, or Google?
A Brit by birth, the eight-armed oracle was born in Weymouth, England, in 2008 at the Sea Life Centre.
Just this week, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said Apple was adrift without Steve Jobs.
The move will take place on July 15 as software giant Oracle leaves for the New York Stock Exchange.
The latter is a square-faced practical man, who is looked up to as a species of oracle by all his friends.
The League Oracle admits that "a repeal would injure the farmer, but not so much as he fears."
An oracle said that he would not succeed in its erection before a man voluntarily offered himself as a sacrifice.
There were in Greece two young rakes, who were told by the oracle to beware of the melampygos or sable posteriors.
It is plain that there are more ways than one of explaining such an oracle.
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