high priestess
- the female leader of a tribe, religion, or movement; a female high priest.
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Also high-priest·ess [hahy-pree-stis] /haɪˈpri stɪs/.
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Why, this is the temple of superstition, and you are the high-Priestess.
Put Yourself in His PlaceCharles Reade
"Would that she were high-priestess of Isis that she might work for us and not against us," he said.
Moon of IsraelH. Rider Haggard
Norma, the high-priestess, daughter of Oroveso, ascends the steps of the altar.
The Complete Opera BookGustav Kobb
She loves Norma too well to go away with the betrayer of the high-priestess.
The Complete Opera BookGustav Kobb
At length, it seemed, it reached the turn of the high-priestess.
The DynamiterRobert Louis Stevenson