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priestress

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English preesteresse, from prestre (“priest”; from Middle French prestre) + -esse (“-ess”), and Middle French prestresse;[1] later reinterpreted as priest +‎ -ress.

Noun

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priestress (plural priestresses)

  1. (rare, nonstandard, now chiefly US) A priestess. [from 15th c.]

References

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  1. ^ “prẹ̄steresse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: “From prẹ̄stre n. & OF prestresse.”

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