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priestess

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Definition of priestess

as in princess

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Recent Examples of priestess Centuries ago, people throughout the Mediterranean region came to consult it via the Pythia or priestess to see what the Greek god Apollo had to say about their future. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026 The Rat Queen is Riley Pinkerton, mild-mannered doom priestess and Brooklyn artist, whose musical and visual dreams fuel her band’s raging odyssey. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 June 2026 Rebecca Ferguson is back as Paul’s mother, Jessica, who becomes a priestess and takes on the collective memories and wisdom of all the high priestesses who have gone before. — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2024 Play it again, Towa Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree follows the titular character, a priestess of Shinju Village, on a time-hopping quest to protect the realm from a malignant entity called Magatsu. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for priestess

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For the challenge, the princess kept it casual, donning a T-shirt and a pair of red North Face mini shorts.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
According to Kensington Palace, the princess’s achievement is an unprecedented feat for a member of the British royal family.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026

Definition of princess

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To perform a sacrifice in front of a temple so as to influence a god or goddess was not seen as any kind of problem.

— Merve Emre, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Lagaʻaia's Moana voyages past the reef of her isolated island Motunui on a quest to restore the heart of the goddess Te Fiti, stolen by Johnson's rascally demigod.

— Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026

Definition of goddess

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Miranda Priestly, the high priestess of not only the fashion industry, but of all media, the exact industry Andy came to New York to work in.

— Liza Lentini, SPIN, 14 Apr. 2026
Enheduanna, a high priestess from Sumer who is credited with being the first person to sign her work, seems to be a fitting obsession for a writer who knows the stakes of authorship.

— Andrea Valdez, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026

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