Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a witch with powers of divination;
2.
(Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles;
[syn: Pythia, Pythoness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pythoness
n 1: a witch with powers of divination
2: (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who
transmitted the oracles [syn: Pythia, Pythoness]