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oracle (s.xiv1)

oracle (s.xiv1)

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

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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Bibl.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

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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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