单词 | oracle-monger |
释义 | > as lemmasoracle-monger oracle-monger n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle > self-appointed oraculizer1634 oraculist1652 oracle-monger1673 1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity i. i. 7 The Impostor setting up for an Oracle-monger. 1860 G. Rawlinson tr. Herodotus Hist. IV. vii. vi. 6 Onomacritus of Athens, an oracle-monger [Gk. χρησμολόγος]..who set forth the prophecies of Musæus. 1949 H. A. R. Gibb Mohammedanism iii. 36 Mohammed's utterances were delivered in a sinewy oracular style... This style is..that of the ancient kāhins or Arabian oracle-mongers. < as lemmas |
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