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Recent Examples of priestess
Plus, Jodie Turner-Smith is positively entrancing as a voodoo priestess whose ancient curses might flip this entire story on its head.
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Aug. 2024
The red priestesses and those who follow the religion of the Lord of Light believed this individual to be a reincarnation of Azor Ahai, a legendary warrior who forged the flaming sword known as Lightbringer and used it to defeat a great darkness.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
There are lovely, moody shots of Chatwin the novelist, travel writer and adventurer, wandering through Haiti, posing with a python — and a priestess — at her shrine in Benin, and shot against the backdrop of a mountain range in Namibia.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 28 June 2024
Nekhbet’s priestesses performed their rites dressed in vulture feathers.
—Ian Rose, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2024
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Aug. 2024
The red priestesses and those who follow the religion of the Lord of Light believed this individual to be a reincarnation of Azor Ahai, a legendary warrior who forged the flaming sword known as Lightbringer and used it to defeat a great darkness.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
There are lovely, moody shots of Chatwin the novelist, travel writer and adventurer, wandering through Haiti, posing with a python — and a priestess — at her shrine in Benin, and shot against the backdrop of a mountain range in Namibia.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 28 June 2024
Nekhbet’s priestesses performed their rites dressed in vulture feathers.
—Ian Rose, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priestess
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After undergoing a course of preventative chemotherapy, the princess returned to royal duties, helping to share the workload with King Charles, who revealed his own cancer diagnosis in February, and Queen Camilla, who has been intermittently ill.Sarah Young, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The film is a rich tapestry of scenes in rainy, dark woods and golden interiors, like the warm castle parlor where Henry woos Katherine, the princess of France, played dazzlingly by Branagh’s then partner, Emma Thompson.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Set against the backdrop of a wave of suicide attacks on public buildings in Kabul, Tahmina revolves around a woman, who is secretly a Persian goddess from the Hindu Kush Mountains and has a special power for locating body parts and bringing victims back to life.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Alternatively, as the Guardian writes, Parmigianino may have been referencing Correggio’s sensual Venus and Cupid With a Satyr (1524-25), in which the goddess sleeps in a similar position.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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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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This is the folding method for clothes popularized by the high priestess of tidy organization, Marie Kondo.David Pierce, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
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By record’s end, Garcia emerges in full command of this mercurial spirit world—a high priestess with a synth and a killer sixth sense.Suzy Exposito, SPIN, 6 June 2024
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“Priestess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priestess. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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