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Definition of sibyls in English Turkish dictionary
- sibyl
- kahin
- sibyl
- kadın bilici
- sibyl
- eski zamanda kadın kâhin
- sibyl
- {i} kâhin kadın
- sibyl
- gizli
- sibyl
- {i} falcı kadın
- sibyl
- kehanet veya fala ait
- sibyl
- {i} büyücü kadın
- sibyl
- saklı
- sibyl
- {i} kadın peygamber
- sibyl
- sibyllinekahineye ait
- sibyl
- Sibylline Books eski Roma tarihinde meşhur olan kehanet kitapları
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Definition of sibyls in English English dictionary
- plural of sibyl
- Sibyl
- A female given name
Be she as foul as Florentius' love, / As old as Sibyl, and as curst and shrewd / As Socrates' Xanthippe, or worse, / She moves me not.
- Sibyl
- Prophetess of Greek legend. She was a figure of the mythical past whose prophecies, phrased in Greek hexameters, were handed down in writing. In the late 4th century BC, the number of Sibyls multiplied, and the term sibyl was treated as a title. Sibyls were associated with various oracles, especially those of Apollo, who was said to be their inspiration. They were typically depicted as extremely old women who lived in caves and delivered their prophecies in an ecstatic frenzy. A famous collection of prophecies, the Sibylline Books, was traditionally kept in the temple of Jupiter, to be consulted only in emergencies
- Sibyl
- used from the Middle Ages; since the nineteenth century usually spelled Sybil
- sibyl
- A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl
- sibyl
- {i} woman who the ancient Greeks or Romans considered to be an oracle or a seer; prophetess
- sibyl
- A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess
- sibyl
- (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet a woman who tells fortunes
- sibyl
- A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy
- sibyl
- (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
- sibyl
- a woman who tells fortunes