priestess

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /priːˈstɛs/, /ˌpriːˈstes/

Noun

1. A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain non-Christian religions.
2. (religious slur, uncommon) A female Christian priest or minister, typically in a Protestant, Old Catholic, or independent Catholic denomination.
3. (colloquial, obsolete) A priest’s wife.

Synonyms

• (female non-Christian religious figure) kahuna, mamaloi, mambo
• (priest’s wife) presbytera, presbyteress

Translations

• Russian: матушка

Translations

• French: prêtresse
• German: Priesterin
• Italian: sacerdotessa
• Portuguese: sacerdotisa
• Russian: жри́ца
• Spanish: sacerdotisa

Verb

priestess (priestesses, present participle priestessing; past and past participle priestessed)

1. (transitive) To oversee (a pagan ceremony, etc.) as priestess.

   • Ye Ye Ife, a gifted feminist ritualist and priestess of Oshun from San Diego, trained in the Yoruba tradition, designed and priestessed the ritual with me.

   • 2014, John C. Sulak, ‎Carl Llewellyn Weschcke, ‎Oberon Zell, The Wizard and the Witch: Seven Decades of Counterculture, Magick & Paganism

     I priestessed the ceremony. I played Hecate. One time I played Demeter and my daughter played Persephone.

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