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Definition of Sibylline

Sibylline
Sibylline Sib"yl*line, a. [L. sibyllinus.] Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls. Sibylline books. (a) (Rom. Antiq.) Books or documents of prophecies in verse concerning the fate of the Roman empire, said to have been purchased by Tarquin the Proud from a sibyl. (b) Certain Jewish and early Christian writings purporting to have been prophetic and of sibylline origin. They date from 100 b. c. to a. d. 500.

Meaning of Sibylline from wikipedia

- The Sibylline Books (Latin: Libri Sibyllini) were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Gr**** hexameter verses, that, according to tradition...
- The Sibylline Oracles (Latin: Oracula Sibyllina; sometimes called the pseudo-Sibylline Oracles)[citation needed] are a collection of oracular utterances...
- 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...
- Delphi (/ˈdɛlfaɪ, ˈdɛlfi/; Gr****: Δελφοί [ðelˈfi]), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), was an ancient sacred precinct and the seat of Pythia, the...
- ante quem for a ****aean sibyl. She is said to have sold the original Sibylline books to Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome. In Virgil's Fourth...
- The Arabic Sibylline prophecy is a set of Christian apocalyptic texts based on the tradition of the Tiburtine Sibyl. The original version of the prophecy...
- The Sibillini Mountains, or Sibylline Mountains (Italian: Monti Sibillini) are one of the major mountain groups in the Italian Peninsula, and part of...
- three sons each built a city named after their wives. According to the Sibylline Oracles, the wives of Shem, Ham, and ****heth enjo**** fantastically long...
- all appear in various references. The story of the acquisition of the Sibylline Books by Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the semi-legendary last king of the...
- (s), sōtḗr (Σωτήρ), "Savior" Augustine quotes an ancient text from the Sibylline oracles whose verses are an acrostic of the generating sentence. A fourth...