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priestess

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Synonyms: priestress, priestless, priests, priestism, priestery, prestress, priestesses, priester, priested

Antonyms: priestress, priestless, priests, priestism, priestery, prestress, priestesses, priester, priested

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Noun

  1. A woman with [[religious]] duties and responsibilities in certain [[religions]].
  2. {{lb|en|religious slur|uncommon}} A female Christian priest or [[minister]], typically in a [[Protestant]], [[Old Catholic]], or [[w:Independent Catholicism|independent Catholic]] [[denomination]].
  3. {{lb|en|colloquial|obsolete}} A priest’s wife.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[oversee]] (a [[pagan]] [[ceremony]], etc.) as priestess.

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