oracle (s.xiv1)

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oracle (s.xiv1)

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  FEW:  oraculum 7,384a Gdf:  oracle 5,611b GdfC:  oracle 10,237a TL: oracle 6,1172 DEAF:  oracle  DMF:  oracle  TLF:  oracle  OED:  oracle n.  MED:  oracle n.  DMLBS:  oraculum 2042b
 

The word seems to be preserved in Anglo-Norman only in its specific Biblical sense, cf. Exodus XXV 17-20 or III Kings vi 16. The more common sense of the word, i.e. ‘oracle, divine revelation’, is well attested in Continental French and (later) Middle English.

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1Bibl.Judaismarchit.theol.mercy seat, holy of holies, i.e. the most sacred sanctuary of the Jewish Temple
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  Et il fist le propiciatorie, ceo est le oracle, de or trespur  62vb
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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