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sibyl

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sib⋅yl

  [sib-uhl]
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–noun
1. any of certain women of antiquity reputed to possess powers of prophecy or divination.
2. a female prophet or witch.
Origin:
1250–1300; < Gk Síbylla Sibylla; r. ME Sibil < ML Sibilla < Gk, as above

Synonyms:
seer, prophetess, oracle, soothsayer.

Sib⋅yl

  [sib-uhl]
–noun
a female given name.
Also, Sibylle.
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sib·yl   (sĭb'əl)   
n.  

  1. One of a number of women regarded as oracles or prophets by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

  2. A woman prophet.


[Middle English sibile, from Old French, from Latin Sibylla, from Greek Sibulla.]
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