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priestess

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Definition of priestess

as in princess

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Recent Examples of priestess She’s being honored for her portrayal of Annie, the hoodoo priestess who is such a grounding force for the 2025 film. — Kemi Alemoru, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2026 In it, Swift evokes the titular Trojan priestess, who was tragically given the gift of prophecy and yet no one believes her. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 21 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 See All Example Sentences for priestess

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Snow sings about getting her princess groove back, butts heads with her Evil Queen stepmother (a campy Gal Gadot) and gets a little help from her short new friends.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Diana’s sapphire choker was last worn in public in December 1996, when the princess became the first British royal to attend the Met Gala.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 July 2026

Definition of princess

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Greek goddess-like beauty is certainly having a moment thanks to the cast of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 July 2026
The throwback design also spoke to the ancient Greek and goddess-inspired dressing Zendaya and Roach have embraced for this press tour.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 13 July 2026

Definition of goddess

Noun

But after episode 4, his machinations and power plays have come to light, setting him up as the next formidable adversary to the new queen — and the latest focus of the fandom’s memes.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
The photograph of the queen with the trophy in the hands of the English defender, preserved by the Royal Collection Trust, remains one of the most famous images in the history of world soccer.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026

Definition of queen

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Miranda Priestly, the high priestess of not only the fashion industry, but of all media, the exact industry Andy came to New York to work in.

— Liza Lentini, SPIN, 14 Apr. 2026
Enheduanna, a high priestess from Sumer who is credited with being the first person to sign her work, seems to be a fitting obsession for a writer who knows the stakes of authorship.

— Andrea Valdez, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026

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