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Recent Examples of priestess
In it, Swift evokes the titular Trojan priestess, who was tragically given the gift of prophecy and yet no one believes her.
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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
Rebecca Ferguson is back as Paul’s mother, Jessica, who becomes a priestess and takes on the collective memories and wisdom of all the high priestesses who have gone before.
—Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2024
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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
Rebecca Ferguson is back as Paul’s mother, Jessica, who becomes a priestess and takes on the collective memories and wisdom of all the high priestesses who have gone before.
—Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priestess
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In one section, Mayer turns her focus to Diana, portraying the late princess as a woman whose extraordinary capacity for empathy was matched by a deep belief in romance — and whose hopes for love often collided with reality.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere had praised the crown princess for being open about her condition and said this could help others suffering from similar problems.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Selene also has an expansive garden terrace with a bar that’s a biophilic dream replete with flowers and plants as well as a retractable-roof atrium that opens to the sky above- a nod to Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Named for the Greek goddess of dawn, Eos Garden is now open at the Water Pump House, a native coral rock and Dade slash pine house built in 1923.—
Connie Ogle
June 19,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
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The room was spacious and well-outfitted, and there are also double queen guest rooms available in this section of the resort.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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The logic here is highly questionable — dying for your queen and dying by her hand are not equivalent sacrifices — but let’s blame Lorent’s lapse in judgment on the chaos of the moment.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
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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
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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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“Priestess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priestess. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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