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Another influential woman in Mukherjee’s life is Linda Fargo, Bergdorf Goodman’s chic, silver-haired senior vice president of fashion—and the retail high priestess responsible for Sabyasachi’s Big Apple debut.
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Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
The high priestess of Paris fashion, Michèle Lamy, chatted with other attendees near a haunting image of a young boy diving head-first into an unknown plane.
—Isiah Magsino, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
While Ellen’s spasms and fits are viewed as shameful by her peers—even her husband—Franz views her as a sacred figure who would have been a high priestess in another age.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The alabaster white color of the robe nods toward ancient Greece, in honor of the American opera singer’s heritage, while the flowing silhouette evokes a high priestess.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
The high priestess of Paris fashion, Michèle Lamy, chatted with other attendees near a haunting image of a young boy diving head-first into an unknown plane.
—Isiah Magsino, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
While Ellen’s spasms and fits are viewed as shameful by her peers—even her husband—Franz views her as a sacred figure who would have been a high priestess in another age.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The alabaster white color of the robe nods toward ancient Greece, in honor of the American opera singer’s heritage, while the flowing silhouette evokes a high priestess.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high priestess
Noun
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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
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Seer: Big-budget historical epic following the Trojan priestess Cassandra and her lover Apollo.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
15 July 2025
Noun
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Elsewhere in the interview, the princess reflected on her parenting, but refused to delve into her children’s personal lives, particularly her daughter Caroline’s 1980 divorce from Philippe Junot.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Johnson was honored at the Zurich Film Festival last night wearing a cobalt Gucci princess gown, her latest lesson in sheer dressing.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
26 Sep. 2025
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“High priestess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20priestess. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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