pythoness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a witch with powers of divination
  2. noun (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles
    Pythia.

WordNet

Pyth"o*ness noun
Etymology
L. pythonissa: cf. F. pythonisse. See Pythian.
Definitions
  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 1913