priestressn.

Brit.

/priːˈstrɛs/,

/ˈpriːstrᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈpristrəs/

Forms: late Middle English preesteresse, late Middle English prestresse, late Middle English priesteresse, 1600s priestresse, 1800s– priestress.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Probably also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French prestresse ; priest n., -tress suffix.

Etymology: Originally < Middle French prestresse (c1160 in Old French; French prêtresse ) < Old French prestre priest n. + -esse -ess suffix¹. In later use apparently re-formed < priest n. + -tress suffix, unless simply showing a typographical error for priestess n.

Now chiefly U.S.

= priestess n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > female priest

nuneOE

priestress?a1439

priestc1440

priestess1594

presbyteress1651

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. 5034 (MED) She was veilled & maad a preesteresse, Aftir the rihtis, pleynli, and the guise Of old paynemes bamaner hoolynesse.

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xi. ii There servyd grete plente of prestis & priesteresses.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvii. 66 Thyas y^e grete prestresse.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 866 The priestresse of Minerva in Athens.

a1674 R. Herrick Poet. Wks. (1915) 197 O Pious-Priestresse! make a Peace for us.

1891 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 7 101 It belonged to a priestress of Hathor named Ament.

1924 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press-Telegram 13 Feb. 5/4 Gilda Gray, high priestress of the shimmy.

1990 Orange County (Calif.) Register (Nexis) 29 Apr. m23 They hear the name, believe that their mistress priestress (Jezebel) is alive, and has come for them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	priestress
释义	priestressn. Brit. /priːˈstrɛs/, /ˈpriːstrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpristrəs/ Forms: late Middle English preesteresse, late Middle English prestresse, late Middle English priesteresse, 1600s priestresse, 1800s– priestress. Origin: A borrowing from French. Probably also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French prestresse ; priest n., -tress suffix. Etymology: Originally < Middle French prestresse (c1160 in Old French; French prêtresse ) < Old French prestre priest n. + -esse -ess suffix¹. In later use apparently re-formed < priest n. + -tress suffix, unless simply showing a typographical error for priestess n. Now chiefly U.S. = priestess n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > female priest nuneOE priestress?a1439 priestc1440 priestess1594 presbyteress1651 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. 5034 (MED) She was veilled & maad a preesteresse, Aftir the rihtis, pleynli, and the guise Of old paynemes bamaner hoolynesse. 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xi. ii There servyd grete plente of prestis & priesteresses. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvii. 66 Thyas y^e grete prestresse. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 866 The priestresse of Minerva in Athens. a1674 R. Herrick Poet. Wks. (1915) 197 O Pious-Priestresse! make a Peace for us. 1891 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 7 101 It belonged to a priestress of Hathor named Ament. 1924 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press-Telegram 13 Feb. 5/4 Gilda Gray, high priestress of the shimmy. 1990 Orange County (Calif.) Register (Nexis) 29 Apr. m23 They hear the name, believe that their mistress priestress (Jezebel) is alive, and has come for them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1439
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