Mary is a sibyl.
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Sibyl
//ˈsɪ.bəl//
Synonyms for "sibyl" (4 found)
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24 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Σίβυλλα noun (a pagan female oracle)
Asturian
1 entries- sibila noun (a pagan female oracle)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пророчица noun (a pagan female oracle)
Catalan
1 entries- sibil·la noun (a pagan female oracle)
Czech
1 entries- Sibyla name (female given name)
Estonian
1 entries- Pille name (female given name)
French
1 entries- sibylle noun (a pagan female oracle)
German
2 entries- Sibylle name (female given name)
- Sibylle noun (a pagan female oracle)
Greek
1 entries- Σίβυλλα noun (a pagan female oracle)
Irish
1 entries- sibille noun (a pagan female oracle)
Italian
1 entries- sibilla noun (a pagan female oracle)
Latin
1 entries- Sibylla noun (a pagan female oracle)
Middle Armenian
1 entries- Սիպիլ name (female given name)
Old Armenian
2 entries- Սիբիլլա name (female given name)
- Սիբիղղա name (female given name)
Old Norse
1 entries- vǫlva noun (a pagan female oracle)
Portuguese
1 entries- sibila noun (a pagan female oracle)
Russian
1 entries- сиви́лла noun (a pagan female oracle)
Spanish
1 entries- sibila noun (a pagan female oracle)
Swedish
4 entries- Sibylla name (female given name)
- sibylla noun (a pagan female oracle)
- vala noun (a pagan female oracle)
- völva noun (a pagan female oracle)
Sample sentences
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The Erythraean Sibyl was used as a symbol for Asia.
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A Sybill that had numbred in the world The Sun to courſe, two hundred compaſſes, In her Prophetticke furie ſow'd the Worke:
Source: wiktionary
"Are you very anxious," asked he, "to consult the sibyl?" "Nay," replied Francesea; "I want faith." "You will," replied he, "nevertheless be amused with Madame de I'Hôpital's tact; she knows enough of the history of the individuals around to give a shrewd guess at the favourite fantasy of each, and that it will be successful is the summing up of her prophecy. She tells each what he wishes, and so obtains an easy belief."
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