priestess

as in princess

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Recent Examples of priestess Fox is a Wiccan priestess, but Circle Sanctuary is inclusive of a range of pagan traditions, focusing on a spiritual connection with nature. Rose Conlon, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024 Fox is a Wiccan priestess, but Circle Sanctuary is inclusive of a range of pagan traditions, focusing on a spiritual connection with nature. Rose Conlon, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024 The origin story centers on Kraven's upbringing under a ruthless crime lord dad (Russell Crowe) and journey to become the world's greatest hunter, with Ariana DeBose as voodoo priestess Calypso and Alessandro Nivola as villainous Rhino. Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024 Just the fact that DeBose’s character, Calypso, has gone from being a Spidey-baiting Haitian voodoo priestess with a zombie slave-trade sideline in the comics to a slick attorney is an indication of how little vitality screenwriters Richard Wenk, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway mine from the material. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for priestess
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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
Noun
  • The resulting reconstructions show that the Parthenon’s internal appearance was constructed to provoke maximum awe—and even fear—by presenting a monumental golden goddess emerging from darkness.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
  • The cloud, named Eos after the Greek goddess of the dawn, measures about 40 moons across and its mass is 3,400 times that of the sun, according to the researchers.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 28 May. 2025.

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