priestess
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priestess
- /ˈpriːstɛs/ UK
- /priːˈstɛs/ UK
- /ˈpristɪs/ US
Rhymes with -iːstɛs, -ɛs, -iːstɪs
Where it comes from
From priest + -ess. Compare Middle English preesteresse (“priestess”). Piecewise doublet of presbyteress.
noun priestesses · priestress
- A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions. Sir Knight, said she (whose looks, language, and gesture create strange thoughts within me) be pleased to know, that I am (I will not say the first) of those Ladies of Honour, who wait upon the high-born, illustrious, and refulgent Maulkina, Daughter to the high and mighty Prince Paraclet, Prince of
- A female Christian priest or minister, typically in a Protestant, Old Catholic, or independent Catholic denomination. The “extenuating circumstances” set forth by the Rev. Mr. Higgins certainly bring home not only the nature of Bishop Hall's problem but its cause; however, the problems of parish life under a deaconess are insignificant in comparison with the very grave issues raised by the ordination of a priestess
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A priest’s wife.
As ſoon as they were parted, the Prieſteſs flounced out of the Houſe, call'd for her Coachman, and bid him put in his Horſes, for away would ſhe go […]
Similar: presbytera, presbyteress
verb priestesses · priestessing · priestessed · priestress
- To oversee (a pagan ceremony, etc.) as priestess. Ye Ye Ife, a gifted feminist ritualist and priestess of Oshun from San Diego, trained in the Yoruba tradition, designed and priestessed the ritual with me.
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noun woman with religious duties
| Español | sacerdotisa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 여자 사제 yeoja saje |
| 日本語 | 女祭司 onnasaishi, 女教士 onnakyōshi |
| 中文 | 女教士 nǚ jiàoshì, 女祭司 nǚ jìsī |
| Português | sacerdotisa |
| Français | prêtresse |
| Deutsch | Priesterin |
| Italiano | sacerdotessa |
| Ελληνικά | ιέρεια iéreia |
| Română | preoteasă |
| Русский | свяще́нница svjaščénnica, жри́ца žríca, попадья́ popadʹjá |
Talk about this word "priestess." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/priestess. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. priestess. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/priestess "priestess." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/priestess.Cite this
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title = {priestess},
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