Definition of sibyls Sibyls
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What does sibyls mean?
Wiktionary 
- sibyls (Noun)
Plural of sibyl.
Part of speech
🔤- sibyls, noun, plural of sibyl.
WordNet
NounPlural: sibyls |
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| 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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Wiktionary
- sibyl (Noun)
A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sibyl (n.)
A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy. - sibyl (n.)
A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.]
Part of speech
🔤- sibyl, noun, singular of sibyls.
