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Recent Examples of priestess
Some went as payment to the priests and priestesses.
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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
Archaeologists excavating a massive tomb in Pompeii unearthed extremely rare, nearly life-size marble statues that shed new light on the power held by priestesses in the ancient city.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
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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
Archaeologists excavating a massive tomb in Pompeii unearthed extremely rare, nearly life-size marble statues that shed new light on the power held by priestesses in the ancient city.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priestess
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Alongside Gadot, the film starred Rachel Zegler as the titular Disney princess, Andrew Burnap as the Prince Charming stand-in Jonathan, Patrick Page as the Magic Mirror and Ansu Kabia as the Huntsman.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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The princess will officially open the festival, joined by a delegation of 500 Belgian media, entertainment, sports and gaming industry leaders.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
12 Aug. 2025
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The sport has roots in Ancient Greece with the legend of Leander swimming across the Hellespont to his lover the goddess Hero.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
30 July 2025
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Take cue from Bella Hadid, whose Western goddess style shines here.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
29 July 2025
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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
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
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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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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 22 Aug. 2025.
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