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sibylline
sib·yl·line S0384000 (sĭb′ə-līn′, -lēn′) also si·byl·ic or si·byl·lic (sĭ-bĭl′ĭk)adj.1. Coming from, characteristic of, or relating to a sibyl.2. Prophetic; oracular.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  sibylline - 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"divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, vatic, vaticalprophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic" | | 2. | sibylline - having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunthercabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, crypticalesoteric - confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories" |
sibyllineadjectiveOf or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means:augural, divinitory, fatidic, fatidical, mantic, oracular, prophetic, vatic, vatical, vaticinal, visionary.TranslationssibyllinhelderziendsibillijnsEncyclopediaSeesibylsibylline
Related to sibylline: Sibylline Books, Sibylline oraclesSynonyms for sibyllineadj of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural meansSynonyms- augural
- divinitory
- fatidic
- fatidical
- mantic
- oracular
- prophetic
- vatic
- vatical
- vaticinal
- visionary
Synonyms for sibyllineadj resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecySynonyms- divinatory
- mantic
- sibyllic
- vatic
- vatical
Related Wordsadj having a secret or hidden meaningSynonyms- cabalistic
- kabbalistic
- qabalistic
- cryptic
- cryptical
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