Oracular definition

ô-răkyə-lər, ō-răk-
Of, or having the nature of, an oracle.
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Of, relating to, or being an oracle.
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Resembling or characteristic of an oracle:
  • Solemnly prophetic.
  • Enigmatic; obscure.
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Like an oracle; wise, prophetic, mysterious, etc.
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Obscure; enigmatic.
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Of or relating to an oracle.
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Prophetic, foretelling the future.
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Origin of oracular

  • From Latin ōrāculum oracle from ōrāre to speak

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Oracular Sentence Examples

  • They dealt with such subjects as the origin of the gods, the creation of the world, the ritual of purification and initiation, and oracular responses.

  • The metrical form of the oracular responses at Delphi, the important part played by the paean and the Pythian nomos in his ritual, contributed to make Apollo a god of song and music, friend and leader of the Muses (µovvayErr i s).

  • Oracular possession of the kind above described is also common among savages and people of lower culture; and Dr Tylor, in his Primitive Culture, ii.

  • Very little was done in 1913-4; the " temple of Apollo Clarius " was found to be an exedra and a propylaea, and an oracular grotto of the god was discovered in the hills.

  • No less powerful was the attraction exercised by the shrines of the oracular divinities, though the influx of pilgrims was not limited to certain days, but, year in and year out, a stream of private persons, or embassies from the city-states, came flowing to the temple of Zeus in Dodona or the shrine of Apollo at Delphi.

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