[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

oracle \or"acle\, 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 oracle1 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
see also:
oral 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

oracle \or"acle\, v. i. imp.  p. p. oracled; p. pr.  vb.
   n. oracling.
   to utter oracles. obs.
   1913 webster
see also:
oracled oracling 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
prophet seer vaticinator 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

98 moby thesaurus words for "oracle":
   cassandra, delphian oracle, delphic oracle, delphic tripod, dodona,
   pythian oracle, python, adage, advice, ana, analects, answer,
   aphorism, apocalypse, apothegm, augur, augury, authority, axiom,
   byword, catchword, collected sayings, current saying, dictate,
   dictum, distich, divination, diviner, doctor, elder,
   elder statesman, epigram, expression, fortune-teller, gnome,
   golden saying, great soul, guru, illuminate, intellect,
   intellectual, lover of wisdom, mahatma, man of intellect,
   man of wisdom, mandarin, master, mastermind, maxim, mentor,
   message, moral, mot, motto, philosopher, phrase, pithy saying,
   precept, prediction, prescript, prognostication, prognosticator,
   prophecy, prophet, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, rabbi,
   rishi, sage, sapient, savant, saw, saying, scholar, seer, sentence,
   sententious expression, sibyl, sloka, soothsayer, starets,
   stock saying, sutra, teaching, text, thinker, verse, vision,
   wisdom, wisdom literature, wise man, wise old man, wise saying,
   witticism, wizard, word, words of wisdom

[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

oracle
   in the old testament used in every case, except 2 sam. 16:23, to
   denote the most holy place in the temple 1 kings 6:5, 19-23;
   8:6. in 2 sam. 16:23 it means the word of god. a man inquired
   "at the oracle of god" by means of the urim and thummim in the
   breastplate on the high priest's ephod. in the new testament it
   is used only in the plural, and always denotes the word of god
   rom. 3:2; heb. 5:12, etc.. the scriptures are called "living
   oracles" comp. heb. 4:12 because of their quickening power
   acts 7:38.
   

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

oracle, az cdp, fips 51180
  location: 32.61877 n, 110.78419 w
  population 1990: 3043 1185 housing units
  area: 24.8 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 85623

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

oracle, az -- u.s. census designated place in arizona
   population 2000:    3563
   housing units 2000: 1534
   land area 2000:     11.382188 sq. miles 29.479730 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    11.382188 sq. miles 29.479730 sq. km
   fips code:            51180
   located within:       arizona az, fips 04
   location:             32.616030 n, 110.781854 w
   zip codes 1990:     85623
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    oracle, az
    oracle

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