priestess

As nouns the difference between priestess and tripus

is that priestess is a woman with religious duties and responsibilities while tripus is a bachelor of arts appointed to make satirical strictures in humorous dispute with the candidates at a degree-awarding ceremony; tripos,.

As nouns the difference between priestess and priestesshood

is that priestess is a woman with religious duties and responsibilities while priestesshood is priesthood as it relates to priestesses, ie the female kind.