priestess
/ˈpriːstɛs//ˈpristɪs/
- n.
- 女神职人员，女祭司
中文释义来自 ECDICT
构词拆解
- -ess
- Used to form female equivalents. · The wife of.
词源说明
From priest + -ess. Compare Middle English preesteresse (“priestess”). Piecewise doublet of presbyteress.
释义
名词noun
- 1A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions.
- 2(religious slur, uncommon) A female Christian priest or minister, typically in a Protestant, Old Catholic, or independent Catholic denomination.
- 3colloquial, obsoleteA priest’s wife.