See sibyl on Wiktionary
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"text": "`Nay, wait, Kallikrates,' said Ayesha, who, standing with the lamp raised above her head, flooding with its light her own rich beauty and the cold wonder of the death-clothed form upon the bier, resembled an inspired Sibyl rather than a woman, as she rolled out her majestic sentences with a grandeur and a freedom of utterance which I am, alas! quite unable to reproduce.",
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"ipa": "/ˈsɪ.bəl/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsɪ.bɫ̩]"
},
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