Sibylists

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. People who deliver prophecies or divine hidden meanings in the manner of the ancient prophetic women of classical myth
2. Those who claim to foretell the future, modeled on the oracular seers of ancient Greece and Rome
3. Practitioners of prophecy who interpret cryptic oracles and give mysterious predictions like the legendary ancient female seers

Etymology: "Sibylists" is the plural of "sibylist," a person who prophesies in the manner of a sibyl, the female seers of ancient Greek and Roman tradition. The "-ist" suffix marks someone who practises or follows something, so the sense is one who acts as a sibyl. The base word comes from Latin "sibylla," borrowed from Greek "sibylla," and its ultimate origin is uncertain.

Synonyms: prophet, seer, oracle, soothsayer