priestess

[ pree-stis ]

/ ˈpri stɪs /

a woman who officiates in sacred rites.

Origin of priestess

First recorded in 1685–95; priest + -ess

See -ess.

The princess's attitude was that of a priestess of antiquity.

Christmas Stories from French and Spanish writers |Antoinette Ogden
When a mule shall become king of the Medes (replied the priestess) then must thou run away—be not ashamed.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1 |Various
Cleobis and Biton are the first they mention, sons of the Argive priestess; the story is a well-known one.

Cicero's Tusculan Disputations |Marcus Tullius Cicero
Diotima, a priestess, reputed to have been a Pythagorean, but some writers have doubted her existence.

The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece |Various

Fountain on Mount Parnassus, in which Apollo's priestess had to bathe before giving an oracle.

The Works of Lucian of Samosata, v. 4 |Lucian of Samosata