Definition of Sibilline
Sib"yl*line (?), a. [L.
sibyllinus.] 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.
Sib"yl*line (?), a. [L.
sibyllinus.] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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