oracle

or-a-cle · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (in ancient Greece) A priest or priestess who communicated divine prophecies from the gods.

  2. 2.

    A place where divine prophecies were given, especially a shrine or temple.

  3. 3.

    A person or thing regarded as an infallible source of wisdom or knowledge.

  4. 4.

    A divine message or prophecy.

Forms

plural: oracles

Related words

See also: divine, prophecy, prophet, seer
Synonyms: prophet, sage, seer, soothsayer

Etymology

From Latin oraculum ("divine announcement, oracle"), from orare ("to speak, pray"), from os ("mouth").