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priestess

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priest·ess  (prsts)
n.
A woman who presides over religious rites, especially in pagan religions.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.priestess - a woman priestpriestess - a woman priest                      
priest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
Translations
priestess [ˈpriːstɪs] N → sacerdotisa f
see also high D
priestess [ˈpriːstɛs] n → prêtresse f
priestess
n → Priesterin f
priestess [ˈpriːstɪs] n → sacerdotessa
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His seeming rescue by a votaress of the high priestess of the sun had been but a part of the mimicry of their heathen ceremony--the sun looking down upon him through the opening at the top of the court had claimed him as his own, and the priestess had come from the inner temple to save him from the polluting hands of worldlings--to save him as a human offering to their flaming deity.
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In the tones of a high priestess directing some religious mystery she says, holding the bundle toward you:
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You remember our priestess mummy over in the mummy-room, and how we used to long to go and bring her out on nights like this?
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