priestesses

noun

plural of priestess
as in princesses

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  1. princesses
  2. goddesses
  3. queens
  4. divas
Noun
  • The young princesses were on hand to welcome the Spanish team to a royal reception after their return home.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
  • Their soft tissue powderized ages ago, and some bones are now missing, including all of the princesses’ skulls.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026
Definition of princesses
Noun
  • Does anyone remember that Scylla and Charybdis are not monsters but goddesses?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
  • Regardless, fashion history is rife with references to the goddesses and mortals who populate these monumental tales.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 July 2026
Definition of goddesses
Noun
  • One of those challenges that queens do get to banter with Ru is the Snatch Game.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
  • Necklaces and jewelry owned by other French queens, including Empress Marie Louise, Marie-Amélie, and Hortense Bonaparte, were also taken.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of queens
Noun
  • And on the fashion front, wedges and studs are adorning the most downtown divas this side of 2010.
    — Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 3 June 2026
  • Opera singers were called divas because their voices opened something celestial.
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of divas
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