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• Sybil — f English: from the name (Greek Sibylla or Sybilla, with confusion over the vowels from an early period) of a class of ancient prophetesses inspired by Apollo. According to medieval theology, they were pagans denied the knowledge of Christ but… …   First names dictionary

• Sybil —    Drame psychologique de Daniel Petrie, avec Joanne Woodward, Sally Field, Brad Davis.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1976   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 2 h 15    Résumé    À la suite de traumatismes dans l enfance, une jeune femme est… …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

• Sybil — [sib′əl] n. a feminine name: see SIBYL …   English World dictionary

• Sybil — In antiquity, the oracular seeresses of the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean were referred to by the Greek term sibyls . In modern times, when Sibyl is adopted for a woman s name, the conventional spelling is Sybil .People*Sybil (Lynch),… …   Wikipedia

• Sybil — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Sybil (homonymie). Sybil est une chatte employée au 11 et au 10 Downing Street, et morte le 27 juillet 2009 après une brève maladie[1]. Nommée d après Sybil Fawlty, personnage de fiction d une série de la… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Sybil — noun a) prophetess; hag. ... tranquil enough as I entered it, and the Sybil if Sybil she were, was seated snugly enough in an easy chair at the chimney corner. b) the most popular spelling variant of Sibyl since the 19th century. I beg your… …   Wiktionary

• sybil —   n. prophetess; hag.    ♦ sybillic, sybilline, a. like sybil or oracle; mysterious.    ♦ sybillism, n. prophecy by sybil …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Sybil (book) — Sybil is a book written by Flora Rheta Schreiber in 1973 about a woman named Shirley Ardell Mason, who is referred to in the book by the pseudonym Sybil Dorsett. Mason was born on January 25, 1923 in Dodge Center, Minnesota. Her story is the most …   Wikipedia

• Sybil Leek — (22 de febrero de 1917 26 de octubre de 1982) fue una bruja, astróloga, psíquica y escritora ocultista inglesa. Escribió más de 60 libros sobre temas ocultistas y esotéricos. Fue apodada por la BBC como la bruja británica más famosa . Biografía… …   Wikipedia Español

• Sybil Thorndike — Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson Sybil Thorndike photographed in 1943 Born Agnes Sybil Thorndike 24 October 1882(1882 10 24) Gainsborough, Lincolnshire …   Wikipedia