PYTHONESS, noun [Latin , Gr., a dragon or serpent.] A sort of witch; also, the female or priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi, in Greece.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
PYTHONESS, noun [Latin , Gr., a dragon or serpent.] A sort of witch; also, the female or priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi, in Greece.
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