adoratrice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of quasi-royal priestess in Ancient Egypt.

Word forms

adoratrice adoratrices

Etymology

Calque of Egyptian dwꜣt (“adoratrice”), from dwꜣ (“to worship, to praise”) + -t (feminine ending).

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