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† ˈpriestress Obs. rare. [Late ME. prestresse, a. OF. prestresse (mod. prêtresse), f. OF. prestre priest + -esse, -ess1.] = priestess.
1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xi. ii, There serued grete plente of prestis and priesteresses. 1490― Eneydos xvii. 66 Thyas y⊇ grete prestresse. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 866 The priestresse of Minerva in Athens. Ibid. 1301. |