priestess.
A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions.
Meaning & usage
A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions.
A female Christian priest or minister, typically in a Protestant, Old Catholic, or independent Catholic denomination.
A priest’s wife.
Where this word comes from
From priest + -ess. Compare Middle English preesteresse (“priestess”). Piecewise doublet of presbyteress.
To oversee (a pagan ceremony, etc.) as priestess.
Where this word comes from
From priest + -ess. Compare Middle English preesteresse (“priestess”). Piecewise doublet of presbyteress.
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