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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Sibyl | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. [bd]An old highland sibyl.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. | |
