Soon after seeing the enormous bear, he goes to the Ortelgan temple-island of Quiso to tell the Tuginda (chief priestess) that Shardik, the divine bear in which is invested the power of God, has returned as prophesied.

From 1974 to 1988 she served as chief priestess (saishu) of Ise Shrine.

And their chief priestess was called 'The Keeper of Jessica's Light.'

According to Onishi Norimitsu, some Miyako still practice matriarchal religious rites with associations of guardian priestesses and a chief priestess.

Chūgū-ji is one of three nunneries in Yamato whose chief priestesses were imperial princesses.

All heeded the chief priestess of Athena's Temple.

Enclosed is the copy of the decree written by the king concerning the appointment of Berenice, the daughter of Ptolemy son of Lysimachus, as chief priestess of the queen of the satrapy.

So I swam back to the torches, and there was the chief priestess, waving her light about and crying, "Where is the King?"

Nūru (or noro) refers to a chief priestess of a community.

The chief priestess looks at her coolly and moves not an inch.