high priest
noun
1
: a chief priest especially of the ancient Jewish Levitical priesthood traditionally traced from Aaron
2
: a priest of the Melchizedek priesthood in the Mormon Church
3
: the head of a movement or chief exponent of a doctrine or an art
high priesthood
noun
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Examples of high priest in a Sentence
the high priest of tax relief for the state's property owners
as the high priest of nouvelle cuisine, he was enormously influential in the food world
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Eventually, Danielle would anoint Chaney the role of high priest, according to Sharonda.
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Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
Another hint pointing at the real origin of the piece, according to Payraudeau, is that its second owner, the high priest Menkheperrê, had an elder half brother who was a pharaoh, Psusennes I.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 June 2024
Architecture was born around the 27th century B.C.E., when the Egyptian high priest Imhotep discovered columns were handy for keeping roofs in place.
—Adam Morganstern, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2024
Every year, human resource professionals — the high priests and priestesses of the woke religion — recruit and hire a new crop of college graduates having been carefully groomed to embrace woke theology.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2024
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Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
Another hint pointing at the real origin of the piece, according to Payraudeau, is that its second owner, the high priest Menkheperrê, had an elder half brother who was a pharaoh, Psusennes I.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 June 2024
Architecture was born around the 27th century B.C.E., when the Egyptian high priest Imhotep discovered columns were handy for keeping roofs in place.
—Adam Morganstern, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2024
Every year, human resource professionals — the high priests and priestesses of the woke religion — recruit and hire a new crop of college graduates having been carefully groomed to embrace woke theology.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2024
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“High priest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20priest. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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