oracle
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- noun
- /ˈɔrɪkəl/
- Literature
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oráculo
- And from the Oracle at Delphi, she was his muse.
- consult the oracle
- oracle at Delphi
- Delphic oracle
The statues still exist, the Oracle still exists, but there's nothing there anymore.
- The statues still exist, the Oracle still exists, but there's nothing there anymore.
- Notice the the language that Dick is using there for the process of consulting the Oracle on the part of Juliana right.
- And it it's in Johannes Tobias, if I remember rightly, in the list of maxims that come from the Delphic Oracle.
- And from the Oracle at Delphi, she was his muse.
Examples
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Desperate, the islanders sent an embassy to Delphi to ask the oracle of Apollo for advice.
Academic text (2005) -
A great example is Croesus's question of which ancient Oracle was the best.
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Make him tell you where the oracle is being kept.
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And he is with the oracle.
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Have you found the oracle?
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Where is the virgin oracle?
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Who does the Oracle at Delphi lean towards?
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If her performance meets their standards, this is the day she'll become the new Oracle of Delphi.
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In the opening scene of the play, the king of Crete asks the Delphic oracle to prognosticate regarding peace in his kingdom.
Academic text (1993) -
According to the oracle, we should make a sacrifice to the gods.
Synonyms
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A holy place where people go to pray and honor a saint or sacred object
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A very old place where people worship, often visited for religious reasons
A place in ancient Greece where a woman spoke for Apollo and gave unclear predictions
A woman at Delphi in ancient Greece who gives mysterious advice from the god Apollo to people who ask
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
A woman at Delphi in ancient Greece who gives mysterious advice from the god Apollo to people who ask
- Literature
A shrine in ancient Greece where a priestess gave mysterious messages from the god Apollo
- Literature
A place in ancient Greece where a woman spoke for Apollo and gave unclear predictions
How Sacred
Surface Forms
Etymology
Oracle comes from Latin orare 'to speak'. Long ago an oracle was the shrine people visited to hear the gods speak, so an oracle can mean the sacred place where people went for advice.