the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future.
adj. Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an oracle or oracles.
Wise as an oracle; expressing opinions with the mysteriousness or dogmatism of an oracle.
Of or pertaining to one possessing the power of delivering oracular or divine messages; possessing the power of uttering oracles: as, an oracular tongue.
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adj. of or relating to an oracle
adj. obscurely prophetic
adj. resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought
Word Usage
"Moses, and we find that here two stations are omitted (Nu 33: 1-56). according to the commandment of the Lord, &c. -- not given in oracular response, nor a vision of the night, but indicated by the movement of the cloudy pillar."