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Recent Examples of priestess
Ancient priestesses made their bodies a conduit for collective transcendence and, now that the old gods have abandoned us, we secular souls tend to find our collective transcendence at concerts.
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Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
September 21, 2024 Vivianne Crowley is a Wiccan priestess, psychologist, and spiritual teacher, whose books offer practical advice on how to harness the energies of the natural world.
—Vivianne Crowley, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2024
Plus, Jodie Turner-Smith is positively entrancing as a voodoo priestess whose ancient curses might flip this entire story on its head.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Aug. 2024
The red priestesses and those who follow the religion of the Lord of Light believed this individual to be a reincarnation of Azor Ahai, a legendary warrior who forged the flaming sword known as Lightbringer and used it to defeat a great darkness.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
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Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
September 21, 2024 Vivianne Crowley is a Wiccan priestess, psychologist, and spiritual teacher, whose books offer practical advice on how to harness the energies of the natural world.
—Vivianne Crowley, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2024
Plus, Jodie Turner-Smith is positively entrancing as a voodoo priestess whose ancient curses might flip this entire story on its head.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Aug. 2024
The red priestesses and those who follow the religion of the Lord of Light believed this individual to be a reincarnation of Azor Ahai, a legendary warrior who forged the flaming sword known as Lightbringer and used it to defeat a great darkness.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for priestess
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John Loughrey, who had arrived in Sandringham the night before, wore a shirt featuring photos of Kate and badges of the princess.Erin Hill, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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The 101-year-old company introduced its first Black princess in 2009.Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Set against the backdrop of a wave of suicide attacks on public buildings in Kabul, Tahmina revolves around a woman, who is secretly a Persian goddess from the Hindu Kush Mountains and has a special power for locating body parts and bringing victims back to life.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Alternatively, as the Guardian writes, Parmigianino may have been referencing Correggio’s sensual Venus and Cupid With a Satyr (1524-25), in which the goddess sleeps in a similar position.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
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This is the folding method for clothes popularized by the high priestess of tidy organization, Marie Kondo.David Pierce, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
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By record’s end, Garcia emerges in full command of this mercurial spirit world—a high priestess with a synth and a killer sixth sense.Suzy Exposito, SPIN, 6 June 2024
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“Priestess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priestess. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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