oracle

Definition

  • noun: a person (such as a priestess) through whom a god was believed to speak
  • noun: a person (as a priestess of ancient Greece) through whom a deity is believed to speak
  • synonyms: angel, prophet, answer

Examples

  • I met her long before she had become the 'oracle' of pop culture.

  • consulting an 'oracle'

Movie quotes

  • (..) Xerxes' losses will be so great, his men so demoralized... ...he will have no choice but to abandon his campaign. We must consult the oracle. Trust the gods, Leonidas. I'd prefer you trusted your reason. Your blasphemies... ...have cost us quite enough already. Don't compound them. We will consult the oracle. Diseased old mystics. Worthless remnants of a time before Sparta's ascent from darkness. Remnants of a senseless tradition. Tradition even Leonidas (..)
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