Sibyl

The derivation and meaning of the name Sibyl are still subjects of controversy among antiquarians.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

A woman whom they called Sibyl, gifted with divine inspiration, came to Rome bringing [Sidenote: FRAG.

Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Cassius Dio

They were supposedly made by a PROPHETESS called Sibyl, and eventually gathered together in Rome where they were consulted in times of crisis, until their destruction in 405.

Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

It may be that the so-called Sibyl had caught something of the same hope which led the Magi of the East to the cradle of the infant Messiah, but in any case the eclogue voiced a vague expectation which prevailed throughout the Roman Empire.

Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood

I call you my Sibyl, dearest, because the Sibyl was a prophetess of divine things out of the Church; and so are you.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Various

Standing as the heirs of all the ages on this elevated vantage-ground and looking back upon the long course of the centuries -- upon the eventful future of the Sibyl, which is the past to us -- it seems a matter of course that the world should have spun down the ringing grooves of change as it has done; and we fancy that this must have been obvious to the world's gray fathers.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

Humph! I'm afraid the Sibyl is the only person capable of interpreting these.

The Dramatic Values in Plautus Wilton Wallace Blanck�� 1916

The family name is unknown of this great seeress and prophetess, called the Sibyl of the Rhine.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

We have an aristocracy of language, whose phrases, like the West-End men of "Sibyl," are effeminate, extravagant, conventional, and prematurely worn-out.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various

Her form, small and wonderfully graceful, was outlined against the back of the chair like the "Sibyl" of Velasquez.

Rose Orchid 1914