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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sibylline \sib"ylline\, a. l. sibyllinus.
pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by
sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
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