In ancient Greece and Rome: the instrument, agency, or medium (usually a priest or a priestess) through which the gods were supposed to speak or…
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle (32) oraclec1425 In ancient Greece and Rome: the instrument, agency, or medium (usually a priest or a priestess) through which the gods were supposed to speak or… oraculumc1450 = oracle, n. (in various senses). oratorya1522 The medium through which a god is supposed to speak; = oracle, n. 1. Cf. oratour, n. 2. Obsolete. rare. oratoura1522 The medium through which a god is supposed to speak; = oracle, n. 1. Cf. oratory, n.1 2. rare. oracler1584 A giver of oracular responses; the priest or priestess of an oracle; a person claiming to give or receive oracular communications. trivet1587 = tripod, n. 2. Obsolete. tripos1589 spec. = tripod, n. 2. Obsolete. oraclist1603 A person whose utterances are esteemed as oracular. tripod1603 spec. A vessel of this kind at the shrine of Apollo at Delphi, on which the priestess seated herself to deliver oracles. Hence allusively, the… presagitian1652 A person who interprets omens or portents; an oracle. responsory1677 An oracle. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— sybil (3) — priestess of Apollo, Pythia (3) — one possessed by familiar spirit (5) — self-appointed (3) — one who consults an oracle (4) — condition of being (3) |
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