(n.) 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.
(n.) Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given.
(n.) The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures -- usually in the plural.
(n.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
(n.) One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
(n.) Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.
(n.) A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
(v. i.) To utter oracles.
Example Sentences:
(1) When Teletext launched in 1993 it replaced the ITV-run Oracle, which started in 1974 and provided news, sport and weather information, as well as TV schedules.
(2) Ballmer outbid several other potential buyers, most notably a group consisting of Oprah Winfrey, Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison and David Geffen – a multicultural ownership which would have been amusing from a karmic standpoint.
(3) His 1.7 million followers treat him like an oracle, asking things like: "Is it better to have lost something than never to have had it at all?"
(4) Oracle has big court case against Google alleging that Android infringes a number of Java patents, and claiming $6.1bn in damages.
(5) Market analyst Scott Kessler of S&P Capital IQ said: “It’s nice to see that expenses are being more carefully overseen.” But Kessler still has the stock as a “hold.” “The company is in the crosshairs of regulators around the world,” Kessler said, pointing to ongoing copyright litigation with Oracle and the company’s investigation by the European Commission over antitrust concerns and rows over tax breaks.
(6) Every year around this time, health care oracles ask the same questions about national health insurance: Will we get it?
(7) The second one manages the associated parameters and the gateway by means of the relational DBMS ORACLE.
(8) Stephen Curry poured in 46 points to lift the Warriors to a 125-104 win before a delirious sellout crowd of 19,596 at Oracle Arena.
(9) Oracle said they weren't buyers because even at $6bn – Autonomy's stockmarket value at the time – it was overvalued.
(10) Hence disease management is misdirected towards consulting the oracle and appeasing the gods.
(11) And let's not forget the entertaining spat between Autonomy founder Mike Lynch and Oracle's Larry Ellison.
(12) But to the oracle I must return once more because what the Washington Post once was to Nixon's corruption, Mail Online is to women flaunting their curves: tireless in its determination to expose such things, fearless in the face of mockery of its myopic and, to sceptical outsiders, decidedly deranged obsession.
(13) Similarly, the successful CEO today shows the predator instincts behind his success by doing something extravagantly but peacefully competitive – taking part in the America’s Cup (Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle), ballooning (Richard Branson) or racing at Le Mans.
(14) The Warriors win their 73rd game and make history here at Oracle Arena.
(15) Days before the final game of the season, many had doubts that the Dubs would be able to make it to 73 wins, after losses in three of their last 13 games – two of which were at home, their first defeats at Oracle Arena this season – and having to face the No2 San Antonio Spurs twice in their final four match-ups.
(16) ORACLE distributed tools and the two-level storage technique will allow the integration of the BDIM into a distributed structure, Queries and array (alone or in sequences) retrieval module has access to the relations via a level in which a dictionary managed by ORACLE is included.
(17) The ancient Greeks had Pythia, their Delphic Oracle; the Romans had their Vestal Virgins and, in Live and Let Die , Dr Kananga had his Solitaire.
(18) But analysts such as Silver, a man dubbed an oracle , a soothsayer and a savant have an interest in continuing to share these predictions.
(19) We should have expected far more ‘shy Tories’.” Nate Silver, the man once lauded as an elections oracle for his detailed predictions, was wildly out, putting the Conservatives at “about 280 seats, Labour at about 265”.
(20) Then, they went to Oracle Arena and became the first team to beat them at home.
Shrine
Definition:
(n.) A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
(n.) Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
(n.) A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
(v. t.) To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
Example Sentences:
(1) Stonehenge stood at the heart of a sprawling landscape of chapels, burial mounds, massive pits and ritual shrines, according to an unprecedented survey of the ancient grounds.
(2) And Islamist extremists desecrated shrines built by Sufi Muslims and the graves of British soldiers.
(3) But this time warp is a Seville one, and all the statues of (ecclesiastical) virgins, winged cherubs, shrines and other Catholic paraphernalia, plus portraits of the late Duchess of Alba, give it a unique spirit, as do the clientele – largely local, despite Garlochí’s international fame as the city’s most kitsch bar.
(4) Four explosions hit the southern Damascus district of Sayeda Zeinab, where a revered Shia shrine is located, leaving 62 dead and 180 injured, according to the Observatory.
(5) Officials in Pakistan say they have killed at least 39 suspected militants in a sweeping security crackdown a day after a massive bombing claimed by Islamic State killed 88 people and injured hundreds more at a crowded shrine.
(6) Iran: 12 dead as Islamic State claims attacks on parliament and shrine Read more The mausoleum where Khomeini was laid to rest almost exactly 28 years ago, on 6 June 1989, is an enormous complex dominating the skyline south of Tehran.
(7) Built in 1869, the shrine deifies almost 2.5 million Japanese soldiers and civilians who died in wars since the second half of the 19th century.
(8) Francis, however, said the treatment hospital was a "shrine to human suffering" that emphasised the need to confront the scourge of drugs through education, justice and stronger social values.
(9) So intense was the pre‑match excitement in Dortmund over the return of the prodigal Jürg – much of it media-led – that walking around this flat, functional city on the afternoon of the game you half expected to stumble across Klopp shrines, New Orleans-style Klopp jazz funerals, to look up and find his great beaming visage looming over the city like some vast alien saucer.
(10) Then, in December, Abe paid a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, where 14 war criminals from the second world war are honored.
(11) US secretary of state John Kerry lights a candle and lays roses at the 'shrine of the fallen' for protesters killed in Kiev.
(12) While there is little prospect of summit talks, Abe said he wanted to explain the reasons behind his visit to the shrine to Chinese leader Xi Jinping and South Korean president Park Geun-hye.
(13) Behind them, hundreds more slowly make their way up the steps in front of the hidden main sanctuary, waiting their turn to pray at Ise Jingu , Japan’s most revered Shinto shrine.
(14) But to do Hakone justice, find a reasonably priced ryokan and take a couple of days to explore the volcanic geysers of Owakudani, the botanical gardens, the cherry blossom in spring and Hakone shrine on the shore of the lake.
(15) Mourners pay tribute to the victim at a makeshift shrine in Delhi.
(16) Grace Roffe Idyllic village, Nepal Facebook Twitter Pinterest The entrance to the village shrine, Kakani.
(17) Read more While their main aim is to prevent the building becoming a shrine for the steady stream of neo-Nazi supporters who still make their way to Braunau, there has been an ongoing discussion over what more positive purpose it might serve.
(18) Although the double-decker bus height sarsens are undoubtedly the most impressive, Darvill and Wainwright believe they were essentially an architectural framework for the bluestones, just as towering medieval cathedrals grew over the shrines of saints.
(19) The Muslim Brotherhood's leader, Mohamed Badie, had earlier stoked tensions by calling Sisi's overthrow of Morsi a more heinous crime than the destruction of Islam's most sacred shrine.
(20) Ise Shrine is clearly an important historical and cultural site, so it would usually not be seen as a problematic place to visit,” said Mark Mullins, professor of Japanese studies at the University of Auckland.