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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sib·yl /ˈsɪbəl/
 女巫,女算命師,女預言家

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sib·yl n.
 1. Class. Antiq. A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy.
 Note: ☞ The number of the sibyls is variously stated by different authors; but the opinion of Varro, that there were ten, is generally adopted. They dwelt in various parts of Persia, Greece, and Italy.
 2. A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess. “An old highland sibyl.”
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sibyl
      n 1: a woman who tells fortunes
      2: (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or
         prophet