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priestess Definition

priest·ess (prēstis)

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?