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nouna woman priesttype of:
Definition that contains priestess
- hero (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
- oracle a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
- pythia (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles
- delphic oracle (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous
- bacchante (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus
- vestal virgin (Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple
- oracle of apollo (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous
- pythoness (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles
- oracle of delphi (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous
- iphigenia (Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy; Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess