† ˈpriestress Obs. rare.
[Late ME. prestresse, a. OF. prestresse (mod. prêtresse), f. OF. prestre priest + -esse, -ess1.]
= priestess.
| 1480 Caxton Ovid's Met. xi. ii, There serued grete plente of prestis and priesteresses. 1490 ― Eneydos xvii. 66 Thyas y⊇ grete prestresse. 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 866 The priestresse of Minerva in Athens. Ibid. 1301. |