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Quotation dates: 1597
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(Pith-,) Pythoness, n. [e.m.E. (1587), F. pythonisse, late L. pythonissa, Phitones n.] A pythoness, a witch. —1597 James VI Dæmonol. 28.
These wise men of Pharaohs … were magicians, say they, … as likewise that pythoness that Saul consulted with