The machinery was not in motion, and but a few of the shop doors unbarred, when he alighted in the stable yard of the tavern, and made it his first business to order the mare four quarts of oats.
prophecy. 1  prediction of the future under divine or paranormal guidance; act, practice, or ability of a prophet. 2  any prediction. 3  something prophesied or predicted; specif., the divinely inspired utterance or utterances of a prophet. 4  a book of prophecies.
oracle. n. 1. (Other Non-Christian Religions) a prophecy, often obscure or allegorical, revealed through the medium of a priest or priestess at the shrine of a god. 2. (Other Non-Christian Religions) a shrine at which an oracular god is consulted.racle. n. 1. (Other Non-Christian Religions) a prophecy, often obscure or allegorical, revealed through the medium of a priest or priestess at the shrine of a god. 2. (Other Non-Christian Religions) a shrine at which an oracular god is consulted.