† oraclern.
Obsolete. rare.
A giver of oracular responses; the priest or priestess of an oracle; a person claiming to give or receive oracular communications.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > oracle of
oraclec1425
oratorya1522
oracler1584
the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] > medium of diabolic communication
oracler1584
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
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > ancient Greek > delivering oracles
Pythia?1529
oracler1584
pythoness1823
Pythian1844
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. v. 136 You shall see..the cousenage of these oraclers.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 218 Pyrrus (whom the Delphian Oracler Deluded by his double-meaning Measures).
1736 Disc. Witchcraft 12 It is certain that Oraclers, when they pronounced their Oracles, did use to counterfeit strange Kinds of Voices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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