1875 N. McLeod 126 A Goddess furled her sleeves (as the sun priestess may be seen doing in the temples).
1929 H. G. Duncan xvii. 309 There were some religious celibates in Egypt, Chaldea, Rome, India, and Tibet, such as the Persian Sun Priestesses, and the Vestal Virgins of Rome.
2008 N. Campion xvi. 259 It was Aurelian.., the son of a sun-priestess, who established Deus Sol Invictus, the Unconquered Sun, as Rome's supreme deity.