oraculumn.

Brit.

/ɒˈrakjᵿləm/,

/əˈrakjᵿləm/,

/ɔːˈrakjᵿləm/, U.S.

/ɔˈrækjələm/

Inflections: Plural oracula.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ōrāculum.

Etymology: < classical Latin ōrāculum oracle n.; in post-classical Latin in sense 2 (6th cent.; from 955 in British sources). Compare slightly earlier oracle n.

Now rare.

1. = oracle n. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle

oraclec1425

oraculumc1450

oratorya1522

oratoura1522

oracler1584

trivet1587

tripos1589

oraclist1603

tripod1603

presagitian1652

responsory1677

c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees (Sloane 2464) 612 (MED) He..Cam to Oraculum Callyd of the sonne, A place bylt by Esculapides.

1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. 55^v Oraculum, any worde that is receyed at the mouth of God.

1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον i. f. 38 Oraculum is properly the aunswer which the Gods doo geue.

1719 J. Swift From Dr. Swift to Dr. Sheridan 14 Dec. in Poems (1937) III. 1015 But I doubt the Oraculum, Is a poor Supernaculum.

1882 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 11 31 The table of the sixteen positions or combinations which may be formed in working the sidiky answers to the oraculum of the fortune-telling system known as Napoleon's Book of Fate.

1899 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin (1900) 88/2 You seem to be the Oraculum of the hay-fields, sir... Have you any other Delphic utterance?

1993 Times 6 Aug. 17/2 The great medieval popes..used a period of temporal supremacy and great religious power to collate decrees and oracula into the immutable law of the Christian world.

†2. = oratory n.¹ 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > oratory > [noun]

bead-housec1160

oratorya1382

oratourc1400

oraculum1565

proseucha1602

1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον i. f. 38 Oraculum sometime doth signifie the church or place in the which the aunswers are geuen.

1845 G. Petrie Eccl. Archit. Ireland 347 Such oratories are often designated by the term oraculum, a word which was also sometimes applied to oratories in Ireland.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	oraculum
释义	oraculumn. Brit. /ɒˈrakjᵿləm/, /əˈrakjᵿləm/, /ɔːˈrakjᵿləm/, U.S. /ɔˈrækjələm/ Inflections: Plural oracula. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ōrāculum. Etymology: < classical Latin ōrāculum oracle n.; in post-classical Latin in sense 2 (6th cent.; from 955 in British sources). Compare slightly earlier oracle n. Now rare. 1. = oracle n. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle oraclec1425 oraculumc1450 oratorya1522 oratoura1522 oracler1584 trivet1587 tripos1589 oraclist1603 tripod1603 presagitian1652 responsory1677 c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees (Sloane 2464) 612 (MED) He..Cam to Oraculum Callyd of the sonne, A place bylt by Esculapides. 1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. 55^v Oraculum, any worde that is receyed at the mouth of God. 1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον i. f. 38 Oraculum is properly the aunswer which the Gods doo geue. 1719 J. Swift From Dr. Swift to Dr. Sheridan 14 Dec. in Poems (1937) III. 1015 But I doubt the Oraculum, Is a poor Supernaculum. 1882 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 11 31 The table of the sixteen positions or combinations which may be formed in working the sidiky answers to the oraculum of the fortune-telling system known as Napoleon's Book of Fate. 1899 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin (1900) 88/2 You seem to be the Oraculum of the hay-fields, sir... Have you any other Delphic utterance? 1993 Times 6 Aug. 17/2 The great medieval popes..used a period of temporal supremacy and great religious power to collate decrees and oracula into the immutable law of the Christian world. †2. = oratory n.¹ 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > oratory > [noun] bead-housec1160 oratorya1382 oratourc1400 oraculum1565 proseucha1602 1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον i. f. 38 Oraculum sometime doth signifie the church or place in the which the aunswers are geuen. 1845 G. Petrie Eccl. Archit. Ireland 347 Such oratories are often designated by the term oraculum, a word which was also sometimes applied to oratories in Ireland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1450
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