hierophant
noun
(in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
hierophants
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pluralof hierophant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As Morton’s work spreads beyond cultural hierophants such as Björk to the pages of major news outlets, he is arguably becoming our most popular guide to the new epoch.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2017
To this latter belong diviners, jugglers, despots, demagogues, generals, hierophants of private mysteries, and sophists.
From Laws by Benjamin Jowett
It was said to have infected a large part of the population, including young members of noble families; for with the true missionary instinct, young people only were admitted by the hierophants.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler
And he is anathema to the hierophants of the Neo-Celtic Renascence on account of his jocularity.
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
This, the final degree, with the exception of those called to be hierophants, was known as the degree of Epopta.
From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Dudley Wright
