Definition of Sibyls. Meaning of Sibyls. Synonyms of Sibyls

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Definition of Sibyls

Sibyl
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.

Meaning of Sibyls from wikipedia

- The sibyls were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. The sibyls prophesied at holy sites. A sibyl at Delphi has been dated to as early as the eleventh...
- the interior of Santa Maria della Pace in Rome. The painting shows four Sibyls—****aean, Persian, Phrygian and Tiburtine—accompanied by attendant angels...
- meaning prophetess. There were many sibyls throughout the ancient world. Because of the importance of the ****aean Sibyl in the legends of early Rome as codified...
- Sibyl or sibyl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sibyls were oracular women believed to possess prophetic powers in ancient Greece. Sybil or Sibyl may...
- In the extended complement of sibyls of the Gothic and Renaissance imagination, the Phrygian Sibyl was the priestess presiding over an Apollonian oracle...
- Room of the Sibyls, Room of the Creed, Room of the Liberal Arts, Room of the Saints, Room of Mysteries, and Room of Pontiffs. The Room of Sibyls and the Room...
- women called Sibyls who were ****ociated with religious centers. The Sibyl of Dodona, was dated to the second millennium BC by Herodotus. A Sibyl famous among...
- Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress, singer and former model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow...
- Apollonian oracle. The word "Sibyl" comes (via Latin) from the ancient Gr**** word sibylla, meaning "prophetess". There were many Sibyls in the ancient world,...
- Prophets alternating with the Sibyls. These figures, seven Old Testament prophets and five of the Graeco-Roman sibyls, were notable in Christian tradition...