单词 | oracling |
释义 | > as lemmasoracling oracling adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > action of uttering an oracle oracling1584 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adjective] > of person: uttering as an oracle oracling1584 oraculous1606 oracular1821 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ix. iv. 171 The cousening tricks of oracling priests and monkes. 1655 T. Ady Candle in Dark 77 A hollow feigned voyce which those Witches or Deceivers used in their Oracling Divinations. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 455 No more shalt thou by oracling abuse The Gentiles. View more context for this quotation 1774 Weekly Mag. 8 Sept. 329/1 The original word signifies in scripture sometimes the gift of oracling, and sometimes the person that hath such a gift. 1857 R. R. Madden Phantasmata I. 268 The Hebrew..word ob signifies in Scripture, sometimes the gift of oracling, and sometimes the person that hath such a gift. 1995 K. Samplonius in A. B. Mulder-Bakker Sanctity & Motherhood ii. iii. 69 Female visionary power manifested itself in Antiquity, where it culminated in the oracling sibyls. < as lemmas |
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