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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sibyl/ˈsɪbl/

▶noun (in ancient times) a woman supposedly able to utter the prophecies of a god.

■ literary a woman able to foretell the future.

– derivatives
sibylline adjective.

– origin from OFr. Sibile or med. L. Sibilla, via L. from Gk Sibulla.

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