Synonyms: sibylline, cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, qabalistic, kabbalistic
Definition: having a secret or hidden meaning
Usage: cabalistic symbols engraved in stone; cryptic writings; thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements- John Gunther
Similar words: esoteric
Definition: confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
Usage: a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories
Synonyms: divinatory, vatic, vatical, mantic, sibyllic, sibylline
Definition: resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
Usage: the high priest's divinatory pronouncement; mantic powers; a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions
Similar words: prophetic, prophetical
Definition: foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
Usage: prophetic writings; prophetic powers; words that proved prophetic