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- diviner + -ess (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Like the priestesses of Delphi, the miko was in ancient times also a divineress -- a living oracle, uttering the secrets of the future when possessed by the god whom she served.”
“At no temple does the miko now act as sibyl, oracular priestess, or divineress.”
“From the best authorities, it appears that the Hebrew word, which has been rendered _venefica_ and _witch_, means a poisoner and divineress, a dabbler in spells, or fortune-teller.”
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
“From the best authorities, it appears that the Hebrew word, which has been rendered, venefica, and witch, means a poisoner and divineress -- a dabbler in spells, or fortune-teller.”
“This of old was accounted a prefiguration and mystical pointing out of the Pythian divineress, who used always, before the uttering of a response from the oracle, to shake a branch of her domestic laurel.”
“a prefiguration and mystical pointing out of the Pythian divineress, who used always, before the uttering of a response from the oracle, to shake a branch of her domestic laurel.”
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
“‘citess’, ‘divineress’ (both in Dryden); ‘deaness’ (Sterne);”
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words with the suffix -ess
goddess, giantess, enchantress, doctress, archeress, auditress, avengeress, buildress, butleress, captainess, cateress, championess and 106 more...
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