Sibylla
[ si-bil-uh ]
nounClassical Mythology.
an Asian maiden who gained from her lover Apollo the gift of prophecy and long life.
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How to use Sibylla in a sentence
A clerk of Spiers wrote a treatise on her, entitled Sibylla Francica, divided into two parts.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole FranceI drew out my watch; we had long overstayed our time, for we were to lunch at the Sibylla in Tivoli.
Children of the Market Place | Edgar Lee MastersSibylla was the heiress of the kingdom; the problem of her marriage was important.
Sibylla was a woman of great beauty, majestic person and commanding talents.
Heroines of the Crusades | C. A. BlossIn 1180 he deserted his second wife, the princess Orguilleuse, for a certain Sibylla, and he was in consequence excommunicated.
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