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The origin story centers on Kraven's upbringing under a ruthless crime lord dad (Russell Crowe) and journey to become the world's greatest hunter, with Ariana DeBose as voodoo priestess Calypso and Alessandro Nivola as villainous Rhino.
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Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Just the fact that DeBose’s character, Calypso, has gone from being a Spidey-baiting Haitian voodoo priestess with a zombie slave-trade sideline in the comics to a slick attorney is an indication of how little vitality screenwriters Richard Wenk, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway mine from the material.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 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
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Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Just the fact that DeBose’s character, Calypso, has gone from being a Spidey-baiting Haitian voodoo priestess with a zombie slave-trade sideline in the comics to a slick attorney is an indication of how little vitality screenwriters Richard Wenk, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway mine from the material.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priestess
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The Danish Royal House released a new portrait of the princess taken by photographer Steen Evald in Frederik VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg, which is the Danish royal family's private residence, when the plans for her birthday bash were unveiled.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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In Minecraft’s pixelated Overworld, everything is shaped like a box, from the trees to the bees, and players invent their own adventures — there’s no princess imprisoned in a castle.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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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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Denise first met Kathy because Charlie Sheen once bought a house next to Paris Hilton and had Denise and the kids move in after his goddesses moved out.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 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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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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“Priestess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priestess. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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