Sibyl
WordNet
noun
(1) (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
(2) A woman who tells fortunes
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.
Quotations
: Act III, Scene IV:-
- A sibyl, that had number'd in the world
- The sun to course two hundred compasses,
- In her prophetic fury sew'd the work;