Sibylline has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
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"
2
having a secret or hidden meaning
"cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"
"cryptic writings"
"thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"
3
Of or pertaining to a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
Example Sentences
"the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"
adjective
"mantic powers"
adjective
"a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"
adjective
"cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"
adjective
"cryptic writings"
adjective
"thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"
adjective