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Princeton's WordNet

  1. divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vaticaladjective

    resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy

    "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"

  2. cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibyllineadjective

    having a secret or hidden meaning

    "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther

Wiktionary

  1. sibyllineadjective

    Of or pertaining to a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.

  2. sibyllineadjective

    Having oracle-like predicting powers, clairvoyant.

Wikipedia

  1. Sibylline

    Sibylline is a Belgian comics series by Raymond Macherot and his second best-known work after Chlorophylle. Just like the latter, it is a fantasy comic about anthropomorphic animals in a forest setting. However, here the protagonist is a female mouse named Sibylline.

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  1. sibylline

    Sibylline refers to something that is mysterious, cryptic, or difficult to interpret, often associated with prophecy or predictions. The term originates from the ancient Greek and Roman 'sibyls' who were women believed to possess prophetic powers.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sibyllineadjective

    pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls

  2. Etymology: [L. sibyllinus.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sibylline in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sibylline in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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