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high priest
noun
- a chief priest.
- Judaism. (from Aaronic times to about the 1st century a.d.) the priest ranking above all other priests and the only one permitted to enter the holy of holies.
- Informal. a person in a high position of power or influence, especially one who is revered as a preeminent authority or interpreter:
the high priest of the young painters.
high priest
noun
- Judaism the priest of highest rank who alone was permitted to enter the holy of holies of the tabernacle and Temple
- Mormon Church a priest of the order of Melchizedek priesthood
- the head of a group or cult Also (feminine)high priestess
Derived Forms
- high priesthood, noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of high priest1
Example Sentences
Suddenly, Jackson’s career was kicked into the stratosphere and Jones was regarded as the high priest of pop music.
At the peak of his influence he was described as the "high priest of South Africa" according to the UK's Independent news site.
A 12-year-old girl has been placed under police protection in Ghana after it emerged she had been married to a 63-year-old traditional high priest.
The girl is expected to undergo a second customary ceremony to purify her for her new role as the wife of the high priest.
The group’s website describes Shellenberger as an “environmental guru,†“climate guru,†“North America’s leading public intellectual on clean energy,†and “high priest†of the environmental humanist movement.
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