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# priestess

«priestess» in Mova's school dictionary: **A woman who serves a god or goddess in a temple and leads…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (priestess, priestesses)

### meaning for a pupil

A woman who serves a god or goddess in a temple and leads the religious ceremonies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priestess/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in myths and stories, the woman who looks after a temple and its sacred fire for a goddess

### examples

- Io was a priestess of Hera. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priestess/#x1)
- The priestesses kept the fire burning day and night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priestess/#x2)
- Only a priestess could enter the temple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priestess/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «priestess» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/priestess/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.