priestress
(rare, nonstandard, now, chiefly, US) A priestess.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(rare, nonstandard, now, chiefly, US) A priestess.
Origin: From , from prestre (“priest”; from ) + -esse, and ; later reinterpreted as. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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