• Oneirocrite

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    Noun

    oneirocrite

    (plural oneirocrites)
    1. One skilled in oneirocrisy; an interpreter of dreams.
      • 1973 , Leopold Sabourin , Studies in the History of Religions - Issue 25 , Often these were obscure and had to be interpreted, the task of the oneirocrites, as the Greeks called such specialists among the priests.
      • 1991 , , The Second Century - Volume 8 , On the contrary, he warned aspiring oneirocrites that "those who attribute . . . too much hidden meaning to dreams should be treated with contempt since they have no insight into the structure of a dream ..." (IV, 63 286, 13-15).
      • 2005 , Raymond Buckland , The Spirit Book: The Encyclopedia of Clairvoyance, This guidance came in dreams which had to be interpreted by the oneirocrites.

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