Divineress
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Divineress is a noun meaning (archaic) A female diviner.
Meaning
(archaic) A female diviner.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- divineresses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include druidess, vaticinatrix, dictatrix, archdruidess, crone, neatherdess.
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