Read full poem →as plain;
And from the cave of oracles I heard the priestess shriek-
ing
Dictionary Entry
A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain non-Christian religions.
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. priestesspriestess highpriestess pythianpriestess chief
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Poetry examples for “priestess”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The heart within, that tells the truth and tells it twice as plain;
And from the cave of oracles I heard the priestess shrieking
That she and I should surely die and never live again.
Read full poem →To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears;
Th' inferior Priestess, at her altar's side,
Trembling begins the sacred rites of Pride.
Read full poem →To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears;
The inferior priestess, at her altar's side,
Trembling, begins the sacred rites of pride.
Read full poem →Mad Lover, a tragi-comedy. The design of Cleanthe's suborning the
Priestess to give a false oracle in favour of her brother Syphax, is bor-
rowed from the story of Mundus and Paulina, described at large by Jo-^