Synonyms for oracle

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awr-uh-kuh l, or-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr ə kəl, ˈɒr-

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Définition of oracle

Origin : late 14c., "a message from a god, expressed by divine inspiration," from Old French oracle "temple, house of prayer; oracle" (12c.) and directly from Latin oraculum "divine announcement, oracle; place where oracles are given," from orare "pray, plead" (see orator), with material instrumental suffix -culo-. In antiquity, "the agency or medium of a god," also "the place where such divine utterances were given." This sense is attested in English from c.1400.

noun prophecy

Example sentences :

How shall we interpret the oracle, you and I and the old intriguer?
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

The oracle was dressed, as I have said, very richly, in the Chinese fashion.
Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

If the first was the oracle of White's, the second was trusted at Brookes's.
Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson

The oracle is dumb, and the end of it all is rather like a prayer.
Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford

For an oracle says that when a man of brass or iron guards the State, it will be destroyed.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Verily, Socrates, said Glaucon, you describe the life of the many like an oracle.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

But the oracle comes because we had previously laid siege to the shrine.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I answered, therefore, to myself and to the oracle, that it was better for me to continue as I am.
Extract from : « Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates » by Plato

I do not understand you,' I said; 'the oracle requires an explanation.' '
Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato

Priests and priestesses may also follow, unless the Pythian oracle forbids.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

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