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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oracle/ˈɒrəkl/

▶noun

1 a priest or priestess acting as a medium for divine advice or prophecy in classical antiquity.
■ an infallible authority.

2 a response or message given by an oracle, especially an ambiguous one.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. oraculum, from orare ‘speak’.

'oracle' also found in these Oxford entries:

Delphic - logion - oracular - Pythian

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