oracles

The Egyptian and Syrian divinities had them; in short, oracles were quite as necessary as mysteries, and continue so in heathen religions.

The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages 1850

Babylon, being a stranger to God, though rich and great, was called the desert of the sea; but Jerusalem, being entrusted with his oracles, is a valley of vision.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

Here are the "oracles" -- the very notes taken while the memory of the instruction of Jesus was living and definite.

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

Here are the "oracles" -- the very notes taken while the memory of the instruction of Jesus was living and definite.

Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

The Jews are distinguished among the nations by this — that their oracles are the only true ones, of which we are not permitted to doubt.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

These favored spots were called oracles, as were also the responses there received.

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

These demoniacs recall the oracles of ancient nations, and especially Simon Magus, the precursor of innumerable fathers of new religions, who by the power of the "Christian God" fell to a horrible death when he tried to fly before the Roman emperor on the wings of the devil.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

Apollo and the books were connected at Cumae, for it was Apollo who inspired the Sibyl, and the oracles were his commands, but it is almost certain that Apollo came to Rome in advance of the oracles.

The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome Jesse Benedict Carter 1894

This objection, if it has any force, must involve one or both of these two assumptions; _first_, that books which were regarded as Scripture could not at this early date be called oracles, unless they were occupied entirely with divine sayings;

Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1858

Early quantum algorithms tried to exploit very simple quantum computing, using what's called "oracles."

Gizmodo Zack Stern 2011