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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Oracle (0.00841 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Oracle.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: oracle ramalan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: oracle oracle n 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Oracle Oracle \Or"a*cle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oracled; p. pr. & vb. n. Oracling.] To utter oracles. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Oracle \Or"a*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. oraculum, fr. orare to speak, utter, pray, fr. os, oris, mouth. See Oral.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand. --Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given. [1913 Webster] The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures -- usually in the plural. [1913 Webster] The first principles of the oracles of God. --Heb. v. 12. [1913 Webster] 4. (Jewish Antiq.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself. --1 Kings vi. 19. [1913 Webster] Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. One who communicates an oracle[1] or divine command; an angel; a prophet. [1913 Webster] God hath now sent his living oracle Into the world to teach his final will. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 6. Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle. “Oracles of mode.” --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] The country rectors . . . thought him an oracle on points of learning. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 7. A wise pronouncement or decision considered as of great authority. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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