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"High" figure in a tarot deck
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priestess
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Priestess \Priest"ess\, n. A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans. --Abp. Potter.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A woman with religious duties and responsibilities.
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Priestess is a Canadian rock band formed by singer/guitarist Mikey Heppner in Montreal , Quebec in 2003. Since its inception it has featured Heppner, singer/guitarist Dan Watchorn, singer/drummer Vince Nudo, and bassist Mike Dyball. Priestess were considered ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES high priestess COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE high ▪ We have to rescue our high priestess Laura and overthrow the system. ▪ Even Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons, high priestess of the black fashion statement, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a woman priest
Usage examples of priestess.
One evening, being in the box of Le Vasseur, the performance was composed of a tragedy in which a very handsome actress had the part of a dumb priestess.
The reader who desires to know more about this oracular divinity, may consult the said doctor Alcofribas Nasier, who will usher him into the adytum through the medium of the high priestess Bacbuc.
If Mary of Bethany were really a pagan priestess, why was she anointing Jesus?
The acolytes stumbled against one another in confusion, then one bearing a basin of water came forward to offer the aspergillum to the priestess.
Hes on this Mountain, the priestess of whom the Khania Atene speaks, died of old age in my presence in the hundred and eighth year of her rule.
Then he handed an aureus to the priestess, and pulled the end of his toga up to cover his head as we entered the sanctuary, lit by arched windows high in the tower.
As a bisexual, Pales was served by both priests and priestesses, usually dressed in big wooden donkey masks.
Added to that, he had to find an ancient magic talisman before the elfling did, and to do that, he would have to search for it in Bodach, a city teeming with undead, while at the same time maintaining observation of the elfling and the priestess.
O Queen, which in bygone years was given to me as a talisman by a certain divine priestess whom I saved in battle, that its virtues might recover me of wounds which I received in the battle.
The priests and priestesses of Azza wore saffron tunics with the crimson chlamys, or half-cloak, fastened with bronze brooches.
Augustus in her hall and proposed, as High Priestess of his cult, to invite all the senators and their wives to the dedicatory banquet.
A very beautiful Priestess with her brother, a Herald and a group of pawners had come to the Demesne the day before.
Kelt, which subsequently was driven away by Priestess Elfane and Ecclesiarch Manaolo.
The priestess for her fosterhood, For love as strong as that of blood.
The Astrodi placed her friend in such a singular position that the humps were no longer visible, and imagining that I had before me the high priestess of Jove, I paid her a long sacrifice, in which death and resurrection followed one another in succession.