Priestress

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A priestess. US, nonstandard, rare

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Etymology

From Middle English preesteresse, from prestre (“priest”; from Middle French prestre) + -esse (“-ess”), and Middle French prestresse; later reinterpreted as priest + -ress.

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