priestesses in English

noun
1
a female priest of a non-Christian religion.
For most indigenous religions, priests and priestesses are common.

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1. Bacchants priestesses or female devotees of the god Bacchus

2. Afro-Brazilian priestesses washing the steps of the church

3. Bacchae definition is - the female attendants or priestesses of Bacchus.

4. They generally symbolize pagan religion and particularly the presence of a goddess and priestesses.

5. 14 Originally they remained priestesses for only five years: that is, until they reached marriageable age.

6. The loss of genetic materials was generational and therefore went unperceived by the priests and priestesses overseeing ascension.

7. [From Latin Caryātides, Caryatids, from Greek Karuātides, priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, Caryatids, from Karuai, Caryae, a village of Laconia in southern Greece with a

8. Latin Caryatides, plural, from Greek karyatides priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, caryatids, from Karyai Caryae in Laconia Learn More about caryatid Time Traveler for …

9. Latin caryatides, plural, from Greek karyatides priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, Caryatids, from Karyai Caryae in Laconia Learn More about caryatid Time Traveler for …

10. The priestesses of Bast were known for their erotic dance ritual, as part of the introduction of Bes worship and belly dancing into New Kingdom culture

11. The Attendant priestesses He regarded the Attendant constable with shrewd appraisal Stella was a delight as the Virgin, while Bluebell charmed everyone as her Attendant nymph the Attendant crowd la gente que asistía; to be Attendant (up)on sb atender a algn

12. Following the priests and priestesses who trailed behind an enormous statue of Dionysos were "Macedonian Bacchants, the so-called 'Mimallones,' and 'Bassarae' and 'Lydian women,' with hair streaming down and crowned with wreaths, some of snakes, others of smilax and vine-leaves and ivy; in their hands some held daggers, others snakes."

13. Caryatid (n.) "carved, robed female figure used as a column," 1560s, from French cariatide, from Latin Caryatides, from Greek Karyatides (singular Karyatis) "priestesses of Artemis at Caryae" (Greek Karyai), a town in Laconia where dance festivals were held in Artemis' temple.Male figures in a like situation are Atlantes, plural of Atlas.Related: Caryatic.