12) Oracle. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The answer of a god or inspired priest to an inquiry respecting the future; the deity giving responses; the place where the deity could be consulted, etc. 1...

13) Oracle of the Church (The). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...St, Bernard. (1091-1153.) 1...

14) Oracle of Sieve and Shears (The). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...This method of divination is mentioned by Theoc ritos. The modus operandi was as follows:-The points of the shears were stuck in the rim of a sieve, and two persons...

15) Sir Oracle. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...(See ORACLE.) 1...

16) oracle. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The response given through such a medium, often in the form of an enigmatic statement or allegory. 2a. A person considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic...

17) XXXIV. c. Oracles. Vols. I & II: Stories of Gods and Heroes. Bulfinch, Thomas. 1913. Age of Fable
...ORACLE was the name used to denote the place where answers were supposed to be given by any of the divinities to those who consulted them respecting the future. The...

18) Dodo'na. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...A famous oracle in Epi ros, and the most ancient of Greece. It was dedicated to Zeus (Jupiter), and situate in the village of Dod na. 1 The tale is, that Jupiter...

19) Isaiah 21. The Holy Bible: King James Version.
...The Oracle concerning the Desert of the Sea 1 The burden of the desert of the sea. ¶ As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a...

20) Oracles. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...(in Libya), Delphos, Delos, that of Trophonius (in Boeotia), and that of Venus in Paphos. 1 Oracle of APOLLO, at Delphi, the priestess of which was called the Pythoness;...