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Sybil

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  1. In antiquity, the oracular seeresses of the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean were referred to by the Greek term "Sibyls."
  2. In modern times, when "Sibyl" is adopted for a woman's name, the conventional spelling is "Sybil."
  3. Sybil is also the name of a 1973 book and 1976 movie about multiple personality disorder.
  4. "Sybil" also refers to a type of card flourishing in which a deck of cards is split into "packets" and manipulated.




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