Priestess (religious honorific)

A priestess is a woman authorized to perform the sacred rites and or duties of a religious organization,[1] often used for non-Christian, pagan, and or witch-related titles, or positions.

[2] Within the Christian framework, the vast majority of ordained women either use "Priest", "Pastor", "Minister", "Deacon", "Deaconess", or "Elder".

It is most commonly used to describe ancient traditions, though many Wiccan, Pagan, Druidic, and even Some Christian, women use this title as a religious title once ordained, even in the current present.

[3][4][5] The etymology of priestess refers to a "woman who officiates in sacred rites, a female minister of religion".

Its origin dates back to the 1690s, from the combination of priest and the suffix -ess.