priestess
English
/priːˈstɛs/
noun
Definitions
- A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain non-Christian religions.
- (religious slur) A female Christian priest or minister, typically in a Protestant, Old Catholic, or independent Catholic denomination.
- (colloquial) A priest’s wife.
Etymology
Suf from English priest.
Origin
English
priest
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archpriest English
- choke-priest English
- kill-priest English
- priest English
- priest-king English
- priest-ridden English
- priestcap English
- priestcraft English
- priestdom English
- priestery English
- priestesshood English
- priestesslike English
- priesthood English
- priesting English
- priestish English
- priestism English
- priestless English
- priestlike English
- priestling English
- priestly English
- priestress English
- priestship English
- protopriest English
- underpriest English
- unpriest English
- prest Middle English