Pythoness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pythoness \Pyth"o*ness\, n. [L. pythonissa: cf. F. pythonisse.
     See {Pythian}.]
     1. (Gr. Antiq.) The priestess who gave oracular answers at
        Delphi in Greece.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort
        of witch. --Bp. Hall.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pythoness
       n 1: a witch with powers of divination
       2: (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who
          transmitted the oracles [syn: {Pythia}]