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sibyl |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sibyl \Sib"yl\, n. [L. sibylla Gr ????.] 1. (Class. Antiq.) A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy. Note: The number of the sibyls is variously stated by different authors; but the opinion of Varro, that there were ten is generally adopted. They dwelt in various parts of Persia, Greece, and Italy. 2. A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess. ``An old highland sibyl.'' --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sibyl n 1: a woman who tells fortunes 2: (ancient Greece and Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
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