priestess Definition
priest·ess (prēs′tis)
noun
a female priest, esp. of a pagan religion
priestess Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- cult: Women could, however, be priestesses of unofficial cults, i.e. those which were not controlled by the state or the local authority.
- moon: Put the priestess of the moon in the ramp.
Converse of object
- become: He explained the vision to his wife who later agreed to become the high priestess.
- name: But, sadly, he passed away, leaving the throne to a priestess named Keiah.
- see: In the frescoes we see the powerful priestess who ran the temple.
- call: These were called Priestesses, or Witches, or Wise Ones, and they were feared, for their knowledge and their power.
- have: The goddess Hera had a beautiful priestess named Io.
Preposition: in
temple: Non herself may have been a priestess in a similar temple.
Adjective modifier
- high: High Priestesses & High Priests who fully deserve the titles they often rarely use in public!
- ancient: Madame du Rumain performed the ceremonies with all the dignity of an ancient priestess of Baal.
- Egyptian: Around 1928 an apparition of an ancient Egyptian priestess was reported, and a newspaper reward for an overnight stay went unclaimed.
- young: According to an ancient Chinese legend, a young priestess fought to free humans from the Dragon that kept them like cattle.
- beautiful: The goddess Hera had a beautiful priestess named Io.
- Pythian: The Pythian Priestess eventually directed him to Athens where his case was judged by Athene and the Areopagus.
Noun used with modifier
- voodoo: Early in the 20th century, a powerful voodoo priestess followed her guiding spirit from New Orleans to a small town in Washington State.
- Druid: I was asked, as a Druid Priestess, to do ceremony there.
- warrior: I would say that the warrior priestess really doesn't seem to have a strong belief about health one way or the other.
- pagan: Is she a witch, as some believe, or a pagan priestess?
Browse dictionary entries near priestess
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- ‹ pride oneself on
- ‹ pride of place
- ‹ pride-of-India
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