sibyl
/ˈsɪbɪl
/noun
1A woman in ancient times who was thought to utter the prophecies of a god.Looking on are the prophets and sibyls, the mysterious seers of man's tragedy....
- They inquire of ancient apocalyptic books and oracles, of sibyls and divines, who remembered the future and predicted it in the past: an exercise in retroactive foresight.
- Droitture explains that her first stones are the sibyls and female prophets; as exemplars of prudent wisdom and fore - sight, they demonstrate that God has entrusted his secrets to faithful and devoted women.
1.1 literary A woman able to foretell the future.
Origin
From Old French Sibile or medieval Latin Sibilla, via Latin from Greek Sibulla.
- well to live
- well tomb
- well-toned
- well to pass
- well-tossed
- well-traded
- well-trained
- well trap
- well traveled
- well travelled
- well-treated
- well-tricked
- well tried
- well-trimmed
- well-trod
- well trodden
- well-trussed
- well-trusted
- well tube
- well-tuned
- well turned
- well-turned-out
- well-tutored
- well-twisted
- well-understood