[sib.yl] n, often cap [ME sibile, sybylle, fr. MF & L; MF sibile, fr. L sibylla, fr. Gk] (14c) 1: any of several prophetesses usu. accepted as
10. in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
2. a: a female prophet b: fortune-teller -- si.byl.ic or si.byl.lic adj -- sib.yl.line adj