priestess

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions.
2. (slur, uncommon) A female Christian priest or minister, typically in a Protestant, Old Catholic, or independent Catholic denomination.
3. (colloquial, obsolete) A priest’s wife.

Verb

To oversee (a pagan ceremony, etc.) as priestess.

Conceptos

sacerdotisa

Sinónimos

churchwoman

clergywoman

priest

preceptress

Traducciones

ιέρεια

prêtresse

priesteres

sacerdotessa

Priesterin

sacerdos

sacerdotisa

sacerdotessa

rahibe

Nonne

Pfarrerin

ιερεία

sacerdōs

sacerdotissa

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpriːstɛs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con inglés medio: preesteresse

In summary

From priest + -ess. Compare Middle English preesteresse (“priestess”).