sibyl

IPA: sˈɪbʌɫ

A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Alternative letter-case form of sibyl [A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.]

Examples of "sibyl" in Sentences

But no lightbulbs appeared over my head, no sibyl sang her song for me.
But who does not know that the power of the sibyl is doubled by the opposition of sex?
This corpse, this woman -- proclaim it to every one -- the sibyl was my mother yes, yes, my own mother!
Along the way, he meets a sibyl named Hahn who is unable to go herself but would like someone to find her daughter, another sibyl who ran away to World's End.
He beckoned to them, and while he went from one to another, saying: "The sibyl was my mother -- Zorrillo has murdered my mother," the coffin was borne into the house.
It seemed to him that among the Christians Lygia was a kind of sibyl or priestess whom they surrounded with obedience and honor; and he yielded himself also to that honor.
The eternally young, fertile bride; the ancient, barren spinster; the siren; the sibyl—she was all these things, all at once, his beloved, the one for whom he denied himself the companionship of mere mortal company, against whom even the breathtaking Muriel Chanler paled.
The group of rappellers, called Operation Sibyl - in ancient Greece, a sibyl was a fortuneteller - but also known as the Plaza Four, said they had had a tough 25 hours in jail before they were arraigned on felony and misdemeanor charges of assault, reckless endangerment and criminal trespass.