English to Xhosa Meaning of sibyl - sibyl


Sibyl :
sibyl

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Definitions of sibyl in English
Noun(1) a woman who tells fortunes(2) (ancient Rome
Examples of sibyl in English
(1) The outlaws, aided by an old sibyl , defeat the castle's forces, and it burns to the ground.(2) The opposite of an oracle in many ways is a sibyl .(3) These centrally located narratives are surrounded by alternating images of prophets and sibyls on marble thrones, by other Old Testament subjects and by the ancestors of Christ.(4) The three sibyls of the title reminded James that they had once prophesied endless dominion to Banquo's descendants, and saluted him in turn with the words ÔÇÿHail, thou who rulest Scotland!ÔÇÖ(5) Looking on are the prophets and sibyls , the mysterious seers of man's tragedy.(6) As they were thought to have made prophecies in pagan times, the classic sibyls are shown just above and below the central panels.(7) They inquire of ancient apocalyptic books and oracles, of sibyls and divines, who remembered the future and predicted it in the past: an exercise in retroactive foresight.(8) She is a story teller and through telling stories discovers new meanings, like the ancient forerunners of her profession - the pythonesses, abbesses and sibyls who ÔÇÿrevealed mysteriesÔÇÖ.(9) In 1512-13 Raphael painted above the entrance arch of the Chigi chapel in S. Maria del Popolo a fresco with sibyls and prophets.(10) Droitture explains that her first stones are the sibyls and female prophets; as exemplars of prudent wisdom and fore - sight, they demonstrate that God has entrusted his secrets to faithful and devoted women.(11) Carstens's Necessity is generally reminiscent of Michelangelo's sibyls , more specifically perhaps of the elderly Persica.(12) I have a chapter on Shakespeare and Macbeth; there's the chapter about Ancient Greece, a chapter about Delphi and sibyls in Grecian-Roman times.
Related Phrases of sibyl
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1. sibyl ::
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Different Forms
sibyl, sibyls
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