Note: The number of the sibyls is variously stated by different authors; but the opinion of Varro, that there were ten, is generally adopted. They dwelt in various parts of Persia, Greece, and Italy.
2. A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess. "An old highland sibyl." Sir W. Scott.
SIBYLIST
Sib"yl*ist, n.
Defn: One who believes in a sibyl or the sibylline prophecies.
Cudworth.
SIBYLLINE
Sib"yl*line, a. Etym: [L. sibyllinus.]
Defn: 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.
SIC
Sic, a.
Defn: Such. [Scot.]
SIC
Sic, adv. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Thus.