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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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Word Origin & History

sibyl 
c.1300, from O.Fr. sibile, from L. Sibylla, from Gk. Sibylla, name for any of several prophetesses consulted by ancient Greeks and Romans, of uncertain origin. Said to be from Doric Siobolla, from Attic Theoboule "divine wish."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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