单词 | priestess |
释义 | priestess From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Religionpriestesspriest‧ess /ˈpriːstes/ noun [countable]RRa woman with religious duties and responsibilities in some non-Christian religionsExamples from the Corpuspriestess• She can be a priestess, counsellor, or wise grandmother.• What does it mean to be a priestess?• They generally symbolize pagan religion and particularly the presence of a goddess and priestesses.• We stop in front of a tiny ranch-style bungalow in which Mrs Nishimae, the head priestess, lives.• Even Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons, high priestess of the black fashion statement, is designing in color.• I gave thanks to the priestess of that oracle and left the X-ray Department in a state of exhausted exultation.• Whatever the priestess at Delphi said would happen infallibly came to pass. |
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