sibylline

Adjective

Synonyms: divinatory mantic sibyllic vatic vatical cabalistic kabbalistic qabalistic cryptic cryptical

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy“the high priest's divinatory pronouncement”“mantic powers”“a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions”Synonyms: divinatory mantic sibyllic vatic vatical
having a secret or hidden meaning“cabalistic symbols engraved in stone”“cryptic writings”“thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements — John Gunther”Synonyms: cabalistic kabbalistic qabalistic cryptic cryptical

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sibylline \Sib"yl*line\, 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]