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Delphic oracle, the
     
Delphic oracle, the
a temple (=a holy building) in the town of Delphi in Greece where, in ancient times, a priestess gave answers from the god Apollo to questions people asked him. His answers were often mysterious and difficult to understand, and were often in the form of a riddle (=a deliberately confusing question that has a clever answer).
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