Definition of Pithoness

Definition of Pithoness

Pythoness, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi (q. v.), so called from the Python (q. v.), the dragon slain by the god.

- Wikipedia

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

2. Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch. Bp. Hall.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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