Definition of sibyl Sibyl

/sɪˈbʌl/ - [sibul] - sib•yl

We found 7 definitions of sibyl from 5 different sources.

What does sibyl mean?

Noun Plural: sibyls
sibyl - (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
		prophesier, vaticinator, prophet, oracle, seer an authoritative person who divines the future
		ellas, hellenic republic, greece a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
		capital of italy, eternal city, italian capital, roma, rome the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church
		antiquity an artifact surviving from the past
sibyl - a woman who tells fortunes
		fortune teller, fortuneteller a person who foretells your personal future

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sibyl (Noun)
A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl .

sibyl
sib′il, n. in ancient mythology, one of certain women possessing powers of divination and prophecy: a prophetess, an old sorceress.—adjs. Sibyl′lic, Sib′ylline, pertaining to, uttered, or written by sibyls: prophetical.—n. Sib′yllist, a believer in the so-called sibylline prophecies.—Sibylline Oracles, a series of pretended prophecies in Greek hexameters, written by Alexandrian Jews and Christians, and supposed to date from the 2d century B.C. down to the 3d century A.D., or, according to Ewald, even the 6th. [L.,—Gr. sibylla, not 'she who reveals the will of Zeus,' Dios boulē. The root is sib-, as in L. per-sibus, acute, Gr. sophos, wise.]

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sibyl in sign language