sibylline
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It is as old as the sibylline books.
From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2016
Also because I was influenced by a late-blooming acquaintance with Wagner operas, discovering that their aesthetic, which I had assumed to be bombastic, really relies on sibylline continuities.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 3, 2016
Mr. Jeremiah also brought impressive power and intensity to Moto Osada’s sibylline “Four Nights of Dream,” the only opera with a male protagonist.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2012
Some political soothsayers took this sibylline pronouncement as a hint that Truman did not intend to run again.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Greek for fish, ιχθυς, contains the initials of Ιησους, Χριστος Θεος Υιος Σωτηρ: Jesus Christ, Son of God, the Saviour; a sentence which had been adopted from the sibylline verses.
From Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, by Anonymous
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