 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
oracle
noun
1: an authoritative person who divines the future [syn: {prophet},
{seer}, {vaticinator}]
2: a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a
priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
3: a shrine where an oracular god is consulted
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Oracle \Or"a*cle\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Oracled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Oracling}.]
To utter oracles. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Oracle \Or"a*cle\, noun [F., fr. L. oraculum, fr. orare to speak,
utter, pray, fr. os, oris, mouth. See {Oral}.]
1. The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god,
to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as
the success of an enterprise or battle.
Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand.
--Drayton.
2. Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer;
also, the place where it was given.
The oracles are dumb;
No voice or hideous hum
Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving.
--Milton.
3. The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by
God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures --
usually in the plural.
The first principles of the oracles of God. --Heb.
v. 12.
4. (Jewish Antiq.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the
temple; also, the temple itself. --1 Kings vi. 19.
Siloa's brook, that flow'd
Fast by the oracle of God. --Milton.
5. One who communicates an oracle[1] or divine command; an
angel; a prophet.
God hath now sent his living oracle
Into the world to teach his final will. --Milton.
6. Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions
are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.
''Oracles of mode.'' --Tennyson.
The country rectors . . . thought him an oracle on
points of learning. --Macaulay.
7. A wise pronouncement or decision considered as of great
authority.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "oracle":
Cassandra, Delphian oracle, Delphic oracle, Delphic tripod, Dodona,
Pythian oracle, Python, adage, advice, ana, analects, answer,
aphorism, apocalypse, apothegm, augur, augury, authority, axiom,
byword, catchword, collected sayings, current saying, dictate,
dictum, distich, divination, diviner, doctor, elder,
elder statesman, epigram, expression, fortune-teller, gnome,
golden saying, great soul, guru, illuminate, intellect,
intellectual, lover of wisdom, mahatma, man of intellect,
man of wisdom, mandarin, master, mastermind, maxim, mentor,
message, moral, mot, motto, philosopher, phrase, pithy saying,
precept, prediction, prescript, prognostication, prognosticator,
prophecy, prophet, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, rabbi,
rishi, sage, sapient, savant, saw, saying, scholar, seer, sentence,
sententious expression, sibyl, sloka, soothsayer, starets,
stock saying, sutra, teaching, text, thinker, verse, vision,
wisdom, wisdom literature, wise man, wise old man, wise saying,
witticism, wizard, word, words of wisdom
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Oracle, AZ (CDP, FIPS 51180)
Location: 32.61877 N, 110.78419 W
Population (1990): 3043 (1185 housing units)
Area: 24.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85623
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Oracle, AZ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Arizona
Population (2000): 3563
Housing Units (2000): 1534
Land area (2000): 11.382188 sq. miles (29.479730 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.382188 sq. miles (29.479730 sq. km)
FIPS code: 51180
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 32.616030 N, 110.781854 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 85623
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Oracle, AZ
Oracle
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Oracle
In the Old Testament used in every case, except 2 Sam. 16:23, to
denote the most holy place in the temple (1 Kings 6:5, 19-23;
8:6). In 2 Sam. 16:23 it means the Word of God. A man inquired
"at the oracle of God" by means of the Urim and Thummim in the
breastplate on the high priest's ephod. In the New Testament it
is used only in the plural, and always denotes the Word of God
(Rom. 3:2; Heb. 5:12, etc.). The Scriptures are called "living
oracles" (comp. Heb. 4:12) because of their quickening power
(Acts 7:38).
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