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1 saint
[seint, ]( before a name[) snt]1) ((often abbreviated to St, especially when used in the names of places, plants etc) a title given especially by the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches to a very good or holy person after his death: Saint Matthew; St John's Road.) svētais2) (a very good, kind person: You really are a saint to put up with her.) svēts cilvēks; eņģelis zemes virsū•- saintly- saintliness* * *svētais -
2 oracle
['orəkl]1) (a very knowledgeable person: I don't know the answer to this problem, so I'd better go and ask the oracle.) zinātājs; autoritāte2) (in former times, a holy place where a god was believed to give answers to questions: the oracle at Delphi.) orākuls* * *orākuls, pravietis; autoritāte, soģis, padomdevējs; neapstrīdama patiesība
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