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Divineress means (archaic) A female diviner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) A female diviner..
The mad Divineress had plainly writ, A time shou'd come (but many ages yet,) In which, sinister destinies ordain
Altogether, with her snowy raiment and white flesh and passionless face, she seems rather a beautiful living statue than a Japanese maiden. And all the while the weird flutes sob and shrill, and the muttering of the drums is like an incantation. What I have seen is called the Dance of the Miko, the Divineress.
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Divineress means (archaic) A female diviner..
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The mad Divineress had plainly writ, A time shou'd come (but many ages yet,) In which, sinister destinies ordain
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