pythoness

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Against this doom Genevi�ve Tabouis, ex-political pythoness of Paris' Leftist L'Oeuvre, for seven years waged a one-woman struggle, of which these memoirs are a record.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pythoness, or priestess of Apollo, at his approach, hailed him as king of Corinth.

From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

Thereupon ensued a hideous war; a yelling as of the evil demons with which the pythoness pretended to be familiar; unintelligible to vulgar ears; requiring an interpreter from the oyster-quays.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

"Well, then," said Dorothy resignedly, drawing the golden head of the pythoness down until the small, pink ear was level with her lips, "if you must know, let me whisper."

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry

The scene in the glen, the image of the unprepossessing and mysterious pythoness, and the substance and manner of the sinister warning she communicated, were indeed fixed in her memory ineffaceably.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various