Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to priestess
Participle: priestessed
Gerund: priestessing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | priestess |
| you | priestess |
| he;she;it | priestesses |
| we | priestess |
| you | priestess |
| they | priestess |
Perfect
| I | have priestessed |
| you | have priestessed |
| he;she;it | has priestessed |
| we | have priestessed |
| you | have priestessed |
| they | have priestessed |
Past
| I | priestessed |
| you | priestessed |
| he;she;it | priestessed |
| we | priestessed |
| you | priestessed |
| they | priestessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had priestessed |
| you | had priestessed |
| he;she;it | had priestessed |
| we | had priestessed |
| you | had priestessed |
| they | had priestessed |
Future
| I | will priestess |
| you | will priestess |
| he;she;it | will priestess |
| we | will priestess |
| you | will priestess |
| they | will priestess |
Future Perfect
| I | will have priestessed |
| you | will have priestessed |
| he;she;it | will have priestessed |
| we | will have priestessed |
| you | will have priestessed |
| they | will have priestessed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | priestess |
| you | priestess |
| he;she;it | priestess |
| we | priestess |
| you | priestess |
| they | priestess |
Perfect
| I | have priestessed |
| you | have priestessed |
| he;she;it | have priestessed |
| we | have priestessed |
| you | have priestessed |
| they | have priestessed |
Imperfect
| I | priestessed |
| you | priestessed |
| he;she;it | priestessed |
| we | priestessed |
| you | priestessed |
| they | priestessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had priestessed |
| you | had priestessed |
| he;she;it | had priestessed |
| we | had priestessed |
| you | had priestessed |
| they | had priestessed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would priestess |
| you | would priestess |
| he;she;it | would priestess |
| we | would priestess |
| you | would priestess |
| they | would priestess |
Perfect
| I | would have priestessed |
| you | would have priestessed |
| he;she;it | would have priestessed |
| we | would have priestessed |
| you | would have priestessed |
| they | would have priestessed |
Imperative
| you | priestess |
| we | Let's priestess |
| you | priestess |
Verbs conjugated like 'priestess'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'priestess'
prestress,
preassess,
prebless,
precess,
pretest,
priest,
restress,
breste,
cohostess,
destress,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From priest + -ess. Compare Middle English preesteresse (“priestess”). Piecewise doublet of presbyteress.
Sample Sentences
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Ye Ye Ife, a gifted feminist ritualist and priestess of Oshun from San Diego, trained in the Yoruba tradition, designed and priestessed the ritual with me. [1998, Wendy Hunter Roberts, Celebrating Her: Feminist Ritualizing Comes of Age, page 124:]
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Priestessing the earth is for me personally the only natural response to the awe and deep love this evokes in me. [2014, Danu Forest, Celtic Tree Magic: Ogham Lore and Druid Mysteries:]
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I priestessed the ceremony. I played Hecate. One time I played Demeter and my daughter played Persephone. [2014, John C. Sulak, Carl Llewellyn Weschcke, Oberon Zell, The Wizard and the Witch: Seven Decades of Counterculture, Magick & Paganism:]