Crossword clues for priestess
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Priestess \Priest"ess\, n.
A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans.
--Abp.
Potter.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1690s, from priest + -ess. Earlier was priestress (late 15c.).
Wiktionary
n. A woman with religious duties and responsibilities.
WordNet
n. a woman priest
Wikipedia
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 one of the most important bands in the early millennial “retro rock” movement, although they denied intentionally attempting to emulate the sounds of classic rock bands such as Black Sabbath and AC/DC, whom they idolized and to whom they were frequently compared.
Priestess was established in the early 2000s after all but one of the members of punk band the Dropouts left the band. The sole remaining member, Heppner, sought new bandmates after changing the group’s sound, and after a name change they released their first album, Hello Master, on independent record label Indica in 2005. Initially only released in Canada, the album was noticed and released by RCA Records internationally the following year, and the single “Lay Down” brought the band much success after being included in the popular video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. RCA disliked Prior to the Fire, the result of the group’s attempt at a second album, as the label feared its progressive rock-influenced sound would not be marketable; the band subsequently left the label and the album's serially-delayed 2009 release occurred in Canada on Indica, followed by an international 2010 release on independent label Tee Pee Records.
2012 would have been the year for a new album, but such a release was canceled. Priestess have gone on hiatus and members have engaged in other projects for the time being.
A priestess is a female priest, a woman having the authority or power to administer religious rites.
Priestess may also refer to:
- Priestess (book), a novel by Dennis D. Dunn
- Priestess (album), an album by Gil Evans
- Priestess (band), a Canadian hard rock band
- The Priestess, an Armenian film
- The High Priestess, a Major Arcana Tarot card
Priestess is a live album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and keyboardist Gil Evans recorded in 1977 and performed by Evans with an orchestra featuring David Sanborn, Arthur Blythe, Lew Soloff, and George Adams.
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.