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Example sentences from the Web for oraclesThe excess against which Greek oracles warned was there in the essence of money. Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|June 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST Crœsus asked council of all the oracles, but first he tried their truth. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History|Charlotte M. Yonge The histories however that were circulated on the subject of oracles are exceedingly suspicious. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 8 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) As the oracles were often enigmatic, they were interpreted by a prophet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6|Various
The first laws were dictated in verse by the immortals themselves, and the oracles of the gods are poems. When he has not attained to this state he is powerless and unable to utter his oracles. Platform Monologues|T. G. Tucker
pl nanother term for Scripture (def. 1) Words nearby oraclesORAC, orach, orache, oracle, oracle bones, oracles, oracular, oracy, orad, Oradea, ora et labora Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to oraclesedict, apocalypse, fortune, revelation, augury, canon, prediction, commandment, prognostication, answer, law, divination, vision |