- (especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- the agency or medium giving such responses.
- a shrine or place at which such responses were given: the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
- a person who delivers authoritative, wise, or highly regarded and influential pronouncements.
- a divine communication or revelation.
- any person or thing serving as an agency of divine communication.
- any utterance made or received as authoritative, extremely wise, or infallible.
- the Scriptures.
- the holy of holies of the Temple built by Solomon in Jerusalem. 1 Kings 6:16, 19–23.
- a prophecy, often obscure or allegorical, revealed through the medium of a priest or priestess at the shrine of a god
- a shrine at which an oracular god is consulted
- an agency through which a prophecy is transmitted
- any person or thing believed to indicate future action with infallible authority
- a statement believed to be infallible and authoritative
- Bible
- a message from God
- the holy of holies in the Israelite temple
