high priestess

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Recent Examples of high priestess 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 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for high priestess
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Noun
  • Some went as payment to the priests and priestesses.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 May 2025
  • The grove also houses two ancient palaces and nine riverside worship points, each maintained by priests or priestesses who inherit their roles through their family lineage.
    Ogar Monday, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Fulfilling the prompt, Phoenix delivers dominatrix, and kind of ignoring it, Deja gives a Disney princess mashup.
    Chris Feil, Vulture, 9 May 2025
  • Among the potential culprits: elite matchmaker Margo Clarke (Retta), plastic surgeon Dr. Vanessa Holmes (Gina Gershon), tech CEO Quinn Powell (Elizabeth Lail), former mafia princess Pupetta Del Ponte (Alyssa Milano) and decluttering guru Freya Frostad (Mary-Louise Parker).
    Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 8 May 2025

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“High priestess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20priestess. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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