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seeresses

seeresses is the plural of seeress.

Meaning of seeress

Noun

seeress (plural seeresses)

  1. A female seer, soothsayer or diviner
    • Following the old pagan form she sits a moment upon him in token of surrender, like the Delphian seeress on Apollo’s tripod. After receiving the breath of his spirit, the sacrament of his love, she purifies herself with like formal solemnity. Thenceforth she is a living altar.1863, Jules Michelet, La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages translated by Lionel J. Trotter

Questions about seeresses

What is seeresses the plural of?
Seeresses is the plural of seeress.

Words near seeresses in the dictionary

  1. seerbund
  2. seerbunds
  3. seercraft
  4. Seereer
  5. seeress
  6. seeresses
  7. seerfish
  8. seerfishes
  9. seerhand
  10. seerhands
  11. seerhaudconnae

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