Synonyms for pythoness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pahy-thuh-nis, pith-uh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpaɪ θə nɪs, ˈpɪθ ə-

Définition of pythoness

Origin : late 14c., "woman with the power of soothsaying," from Old French phitonise (13c.), from Late Latin pythonissa, used in Vulgate of the Witch of Endor (I Sam. xxviii:7), and often treated as her proper name, literally fem. of pytho "familiar spirit;" which ultimately is connected with the title of the prophetess of the Delphic Oracle, Greek pythia hiereia, from Pythios, an epithet of Apollo, from Pytho, older name of the region of Delphi (see python).

As in sorceress : noun enchantress

Example sentences :

Will it be said that there was any collusion between St. Paul and the Pythoness?
Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet

Her attitudes, it was once said, were those of "a Pythoness cast in bronze."
Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various

It was a pythoness from Syria that advised Marius on the sacrifices he was to perform.
Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont

Lynette said, without removing her fascinated eyes from the Pythoness.
Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

I am sorry for this his incurable passion to play the Pythoness.
Extract from : « Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 » by Adam Gurowski

"Oh, a horrid, stuck-up set of people," said this Pythoness.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893 » by Various

But she was a Pythoness, and did not at all come up to our idea of a witch.
Extract from : « The Devil in Britain and America » by John Ashton

The Pithoness or Pythoness, which usually appears in the M.E. writers as in the text.
Extract from : « The Bruce » by John Barbour

Similarly the Pythoness: the behaviour of the possessed is everywhere the same.
Extract from : « The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions » by Carveth Read

But the Pythoness was not wholly tamed, and she could not even yet forget her wrongs.
Extract from : « Beatrice Boville and Other Stories » by Ouida

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