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Recent Examples of priestess
Kinvara, that red priestess who popped up in Myrene on Game of Thrones season 6, will be so happy that she's now vindicated in her claims.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
Legend has it that Apollo prevented his muse priestess from brewing, imbibing or smoking laurel leaves, which have a mild narcotic property.
—Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
Ancient priestesses made their bodies a conduit for collective transcendence and, now that the old gods have abandoned us, we secular souls tend to find our collective transcendence at concerts.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
September 21, 2024 Vivianne Crowley is a Wiccan priestess, psychologist, and spiritual teacher, whose books offer practical advice on how to harness the energies of the natural world.
—Vivianne Crowley, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2024
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
Legend has it that Apollo prevented his muse priestess from brewing, imbibing or smoking laurel leaves, which have a mild narcotic property.
—Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
Ancient priestesses made their bodies a conduit for collective transcendence and, now that the old gods have abandoned us, we secular souls tend to find our collective transcendence at concerts.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
September 21, 2024 Vivianne Crowley is a Wiccan priestess, psychologist, and spiritual teacher, whose books offer practical advice on how to harness the energies of the natural world.
—Vivianne Crowley, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priestess
Noun
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Also, frankly, some toddlers have a princess phase no matter how much parents might try to avoid it.—
Anna Earl,
Parents,
26 Mar. 2025
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The world has changed dramatically since Disney decided to make a live-action Snow White, which seemed like a safe bet considering the success of other Disney live-action princess remakes.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This powerful Greek name actually stems from Demeter, a Greek goddess.—
Lydia Wang,
Parents,
27 Mar. 2025
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Across the lobby, a stone fireplace featured a sculpted image of the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele inset in the rock.—
Robert Annis,
Outside Online,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Another influential woman in Mukherjee’s life is Linda Fargo, Bergdorf Goodman’s chic, silver-haired senior vice president of fashion—and the retail high priestess responsible for Sabyasachi’s Big Apple debut.—
Naomi Rougeau,
Robb Report,
17 Feb. 2025
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The high priestess of Paris fashion, Michèle Lamy, chatted with other attendees near a haunting image of a young boy diving head-first into an unknown plane.—
Isiah Magsino,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Priestess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priestess. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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