Sibylline synonyms

sĭ-bĭl'ĭk

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divinitory
Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means
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fatidic
(Now rare) Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic
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fatidical
Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent.
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mantic
Of, relating to, or having the power of divination; prophetic.
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oracular
Obscure; enigmatic
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prophetic
Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
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vatic
Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular.
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vatical
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vaticinal
Having the nature of or characterized by prophecy; prophetic
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visionary
Having or showing keen foresight and imagination
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foresight (related)
Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means
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cabalistic
Of or relating to Kabballah.
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kabbalistic
Alternative spelling of cabalistic.
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qabalistic
Alternative spelling of cabalistic.
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cryptic
Having hidden meaning; mystifying.
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divinatory
Pertaining to divination.
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sibyllic
Of or relating to a sibyl (pagan female oracle or prophetess).
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Find another word for sibylline. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for sibylline, like: augural, divinitory, fatidic, fatidical, mantic, oracular, prophetic, vatic, vatical, vaticinal and visionary.
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Sibylline Sentence Examples

  • These officials, at the command of the senate, consulted the Sibylline books in order to discover, not exact predictions of definite future events, but the religious observances necessary to avert extraordinary calamities (pestilence, earthquake) and to expiate prodigies in cases where the national deities were unable, or unwilling, to help. Only the interpretation of the oracle which was considered suitable to the emergency was made known to the public, not the oracle itself.

  • Klausen (Aeneas and die Penaten, 1839), the oldest collection of Sibylline oracles appears to have been made about the time of Solon and Cyrus at Gergis on Mount Ida in the Troad; it was attributed to the Hellespontine Sibyl and was preserved in the temple of Apollo at Gergis.

  • Some genuine Sibylline verses are preserved in the Book of Marvels (IIepi oav,sautwv) of Phlegon of Tralles (2nd century A.D.).

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