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Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.

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  1. a. Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.
  2. adj. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
  3. adj. having a secret or hidden meaning
  4. 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.
  5. Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed bysibyls; like the productions of sibyls. Sibylline books. (a) (Rom.Antiq.) Books or documents of prophecies in verse concerning the fateof the Roman empire, said to have been purchased by Tarquin the Proudfrom a sibyl. (b) Certain Jewish and early Christian writingspurporting to have been prophetic and of sibylline origin. They datefrom 100 b. c. to a. d. 500.
  6. s resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy s having a secret or hidden meaning