In ancient Greece and Rome: the instrument, agency, or medium (usually a priest or a priestess) through which the gods were supposed to speak or…
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| 释义 | the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > oracle of (4) oraclec1425 In ancient Greece and Rome: the instrument, agency, or medium (usually a priest or a priestess) through which the gods were supposed to speak or… oratorya1522 The medium through which a god is supposed to speak; = oracle, n. 1. Cf. oratour, n. 2. Obsolete. rare. oracler1584 A giver of oracular responses; the priest or priestess of an oracle; a person claiming to give or receive oracular communications. Subcategories:— sleeping in sacred place for oracular purposes (1) |
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