priestess

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

sacerdotisa

Sinônimos

churchwoman

clergywoman

priest

preceptress

Traduções

ιέρεια

prêtresse

sacerdotisa

sacerdotessa

Priesterin

priesteres

sacerdos

sacerdotessa

rahibe

Nonne

Pfarrerin

ιερεία

sacerdōs

sacerdotissa

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpriːstɛs/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com inglês médio: preesteresse

In summary

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