Oracle vs. Priest — What's the Difference?

An oracle is a person or agency considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. As such, it is a form of divination.

An ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments

A priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.

A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities.

A response or message given by an oracle, especially an ambiguous one.

A mallet used to kill fish caught when angling.

A shrine consecrated to the worship and consultation of a prophetic deity, as that of Apollo at Delphi.

Ordain to the priesthood

A person, such as a priestess, through whom a deity is held to respond when consulted.

In many Christian churches, a member of the second grade of clergy ranking below a bishop but above a deacon and having authority to administer the sacraments.

The response given through such a medium, often in the form of an enigmatic statement or allegory.

A person having the authority to perform and administer religious rites.

A person considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinions.

To ordain or admit to the priesthood.

An authoritative or wise statement or prediction.

A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple

A command or revelation from God.

A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish

In the Bible, the sanctuary of the Temple.

(Mormonism) the highest office in the Aaronic priesthood

A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.

(transitive) To ordain as a priest.

A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.

A presbyter elder; a minister

A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.

One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests.

Something said that must come true or cannot be countermanded; an inexorable command or declaration.

To ordain as priest.

A person considered to be a source of wisdom.

A clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

A wise sentence or decision of great authority.

A spiritual leader in a non-Christian religion

A fortune-teller.

One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.

(Jewish antiquity) The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.

(computing theory) A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.

(cryptocurrencies) A third-party service that provides smart contracts with information from the outside world.

(obsolete) To utter oracles or prophecies.

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.

The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given.

The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures - usually in the plural.

The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.

One who communicates an oracle{1} or divine command; an angel; a prophet.

Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.

A wise pronouncement or decision considered as of great authority.

To utter oracles.

An authoritative person who divines the future

A prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible

A shrine where an oracular god is consulted