priestess

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• UK: /ˈpriːstɛs/
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• UK: /priːˈstɛs/
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• US: /ˈpristɪs/
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From priest + -ess. Compare Middle English preesteresse (“priestess”). Piecewise doublet of presbyteress.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: пападдзя́ (papaddzjá) — priest’s wife
• Belarusian: пападзьдзя́ (papadzʹdzjá) — priest’s wife
• Belarusian: пападзі́ха (papadzíxa) — priest’s wife
• Bulgarian: попади́я (popadíja) — priest’s wife
• Greek: παπαδιά (papadiá) — priest’s wife
• Latin: presbytera — priest’s wife
• Macedonian: попадија (popadija) — priest’s wife
• Old Norse: prestkona — priest’s wife
• Polish: popadia — priest’s wife
• Romanian: preoteasă — priest’s wife
• Russian: попадья́ (popadʹjá) — priest’s wife
• Russian: ма́тушка (mátuška) — priest’s wife
• Serbo-Croatian: попа̀дија — priest’s wife
• Serbo-Croatian: popàdija — priest’s wife
• Ottoman Turkish: پاپادیا (papatya) — priest’s wife
• Ukrainian: попадя́ (popadjá) — priest’s wife
• Armenian: քրմուհի (kʻrmuhi) — woman with religious duties
• Belarusian: жры́ца (žrýca) — woman with religious duties
• Belarusian: свята́рка (svjatárka) — woman with religious duties
• Belarusian: свяшчэ́ннiца (svjaščénnica) — woman with religious duties
• Bulgarian: жри́ца (žríca) — woman with religious duties
• Bulgarian: свеще́ничка (svešténička) — woman with religious duties
• Catalan: sacerdotessa — woman with religious duties
• Chinese Mandarin: 女教士 (nǚ jiàoshì) — woman with religious duties
• Chinese Mandarin: 女祭司 (nǚ jìsī) — woman with religious duties
• Czech: kněžka — woman with religious duties
• Danish: præstinde — woman with religious duties
• Dutch: priesteres — woman with religious duties
• Dutch: priesterin — woman with religious duties
• Esperanto: pastrino — woman with religious duties
• Finnish: papitar — woman with religious duties
• French: prêtresse — woman with religious duties
• Middle French: prestresse — woman with religious duties
• West-Frisian: preesteresse — woman with religious duties
• West-Frisian: prysteresse — woman with religious duties
• German: Priesterin — woman with religious duties
• Greek: ιέρεια (iéreia) — woman with religious duties
• Ancient Greek: ἱέρεια (hiéreia) — woman with religious duties
• Hungarian: papnő — woman with religious duties
• Irish: bansagart — woman with religious duties
• Italian: sacerdotessa — woman with religious duties
• Japanese: 女祭司 (onnasaishi) — woman with religious duties
• Japanese: 女教士 (onnakyōshi) — woman with religious duties
• Korean: 여자 사제 (yeoja saje) — woman with religious duties
• Latin: sacerdōs — woman with religious duties
• Latin: sacerdotessa — woman with religious duties
• Latin: antistita — woman with religious duties
• Latvian: priesteriene — woman with religious duties
• Macedonian: свеште́ничка (svešténička) — woman with religious duties
• Classical Nahuatl: cihuatlamacazqui — woman with religious duties
• Norwegian Bokmål: prestinne — woman with religious duties
• Norwegian Nynorsk: prestinne — woman with religious duties
• Polish: kapłanka — woman with religious duties
• Portuguese: sacerdotisa — woman with religious duties
• Romanian: preoteasă — woman with religious duties
• Russian: свяще́нница (svjaščénnica) — woman with religious duties
• Russian: жри́ца (žríca) — woman with religious duties
• Russian: попадья́ (popadʹjá) — woman with religious duties
• Slovak: kňažka — woman with religious duties
• Slovene: svečenica — woman with religious duties
• Spanish: sacerdotisa — woman with religious duties
• Swedish: prästinna — woman with religious duties
• Turkish: rahibe — woman with religious duties
• Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎅𐎐𐎚 (khnt) — woman with religious duties
• Ukrainian: свяще́ниця (svjaščénycja) — woman with religious duties
• Ukrainian: жри́ця (žrýcja) — woman with religious duties