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
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
It may appear strange that there should be in connection with so many of the old religions of the earth these arcana only to be approached by secret initiation at the hands of hierophants.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
The poets of science, in their analogies, are "the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present."
From Moon Lore by Timothy Harley
A school of hierophants or adepts is said to exist in Tibet, who, as a matter of daily routine, quite transcend everything that we have been accustomed to consider natural possibility.
From Confessions and Criticisms by Julian Hawthorne
