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Definition of Oracle

1. Noun. An authoritative person who divines the future.

2. Noun. A prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible.

3. Noun. A shrine where an oracular god is consulted.

Definition of Oracle

1. n. 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.

2. v. i. To utter oracles.

Definition of Oracle

1. Proper noun. (computing trademark) A database management system (and its associated software) developed by the Oracle Corporation ¹

2. Noun. A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity. ¹

3. Noun. A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice. ¹

4. Noun. A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given. ¹

5. Noun. A person considered to be a source of wisdom. ¹

6. Noun. (computing theory) A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions. ¹

7. Verb. (obsolete) To utter oracles or prophecies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oracle

1. a person through whom a deity is believed to speak [n -S] : ORACULAR [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oracle

or or- or else or so or something or what or words to that effect ora ora serrata orach

orache oraches orachs oracies oracle oracle machine oracle machines oracle of Delphi oracled oracles

oracling oracular oracularities oracularity oracularly oraculous oraculously oraculousness oracy

Literary usage of Oracle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"Oracle of Délos. The singularity of this • •rule is why it should not have ... 81) shows that from the first it was designed to be an oracle ; the i-luid ..."

2. The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1891)
"When Pyrrhos consulted the oracle respecting hie war . ... When the allied Greeks demanded of the oracle what would be the issue of the battle of ..."

3. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1859)
"Socrates declared the wisest of mankind by the oracle of Delphi. This declaration of the oracle,™ so advantageous in appearance for Socrates, ..."

4. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"SOCRATES DECLARED THE WISEST OF MANKIND BY THE Oracle. THIS declaration of the oracle, so advantageous in appearance for Socrates, did not a little ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"88 BC, quoting an oracle on the affair. Since the author uses these ... 414-432 of the present collection); the preceding oracle concerning Phrygia makes ..."

6. The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1884)
"Some authors THE Oracle. states it that way, and some states it different, ... We don't mind the Oracle. We rather like him. We can tolerate the Oracle very ..."

7. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1791)
"The American Oracle ; comprehending an" Account of recent Discoveries in the Arts and ... How much is the European world indebted to this American Oracle, ..."

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