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ALL meanings of high priest

high priest
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  • noun high priest a chief priest. 1
  • noun high 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. 1
  • noun high priest 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. 1
  • noun high priest religion: head priest 1
  • noun high priest leading figure 1
  • countable noun high priest If you call a man the high priest of a particular thing, you are saying in a slightly mocking way that he is considered by people to be expert in that thing. 0
  • noun high priest the priest of highest rank who alone was permitted to enter the holy of holies of the tabernacle and Temple 0
  • noun high priest a priest of the order of Melchizedek priesthood 0
  • noun high priest the head of a group or cult 0
  • noun high priest a chief priest; specif., the chief priest of the ancient Jewish priesthood 0
  • noun high priest a person, esp. a man, who is a chief exponent of a philosophy, movement, etc. or an acknowledged leader in some field 0
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