oneirocrite
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὀνειροκριτικός (oneirokritikós, “fit for interpreting dreams”), from ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”) + κριτικός (kritikós, “fit for judging”), from κριτής (kritḗs, “judge”).
Noun edit
oneirocrite (plural oneirocrites)
- One skilled in oneirocrisy; an interpreter of dreams.
- 1973, Leopold Sabourin, Studies in the History of Religions - Issue 25, page 92:
- 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, page 107:
- 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 [P 286, 13-15]).
- 2005, Raymond Buckland, The Spirit Book: The Encyclopedia of Clairvoyance, page 127:
- This guidance came in dreams which had to be interpreted by the oneirocrites.