priestess

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Recent Examples of priestess Many come here connecting to these energies, this sacred land where great teachers, such as Mary Magdalene, Joseph of Arimathea, King Arthur Pendragon, Guinevere, Merlin, many priestesses, many priests, many Druids and many pagans, have all been drawn to the energies of this land. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2026 The story begins in 1915 with the death of Julia Brown, who was a voodoo priestess in her town of Finner, which no longer exists today. Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 16 Oct. 2025 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 Which priestess of fashion, born in 1881, to immense wealth, probably spent more money on clothes and jewels than any queen ever did? Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for priestess
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Noun
  • All of this comes after reports that the princesses have been banned from this year’s Royal Ascot in June, according to the Daily Mail.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Mar. 2026
  • This film could very easily be my new Disney favorite, and my daughter’s too (who loves a good princess as much as the next kid).
    Katie Grant, Parents, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Zeus found out that Orion was fooling around with his daughter Artemis, the goddess of the moon.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Rika spends most of her days toiling in a frozen-foods warehouse, but her new gig is in a museum, where she has been hired to make conversation, in Latin, with an ancient Roman statue of the goddess Venus.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • For consistency, all of the prices reflect queen sizes.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Mabel befriends dam-building King George (Bobby Moynihan), runs afoul of an insect queen (Meryl Streep) and meets a ton of critters, from an emoji-loving lizard to a professional killer-for-hire shark.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Their high priestess, cycling endlessly through athleisure-adjacent tank tops and tiny sunglasses, is, of course, Hailey Bieber.
    Olivia Allen, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In this version, adapted from the London run’s extended one, Bernadette is the primary close collaborator with Sondheim onstage, occupying a position between ambassador to his oeuvre, high priestess of song, and family member in mourning.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025

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“Priestess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priestess. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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