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PRIESTESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does priestess mean?
• PRIESTESS (noun)
The noun PRIESTESS has 1 sense:
1. a woman priest
Familiarity information: PRIESTESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman priest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("priestess" is a kind of...):
priest (a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders)
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