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Preferred term

Sibyls  

Definition

  • In antiquity, women endowed with the gift of prophecy, in particular priestesses of Apollo; by the end of the Middle Ages, twelve had been accepted by the western Church as prophets of the coming of Christ [Hall]

Entry terms

  • SIBYLLAE
  • Sybils

Notation

  • 116653

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-NFW7WW0G-S

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