How to Use high priest in a Sentence

high priest

noun

• At times, the high priest would turn to the Urim v’Tumim for advice.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Feb. 2022
• One contained the remains of a high priest who died in 1710.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
• Vestals accused of breaking that oath were judged by the high priest of Rome.
  — Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2020
• As a teenager, Rachel falls in love with Elazar, rakish son of the high priest.
  — Joshua Max Feldman, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
• But he's learned to work with the Jewish chief priests and the high priests to keep order among the people.
  — Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
• Ryan Speedo Green sounded fuller and more opulent as the high priest, Oroe.
  — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2018
• Parshat Tetzaveh deals with the garments of the high priest.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• For the high priest wearing the Urim v’Tumim, this message is critical.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Feb. 2022
• The rite ended with the high priest giving the royal cheek the hardest possible slap.
  — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
• But, there are plenty of fashion gods — high priests and priestesses — who disagree with me.
  — Ellen Warren, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
• Coatl flees to Tenochtitlan to warn King Moctezuma and his high priest, Yoka, of looming danger.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 13 June 2022
• Among the highlights, Hamilton, a lifelong Catholic, notes that years later his son would convert to Mormonism and rise to a high priest.
  — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2020
• The high priest had to work double duty leading the prayers and making sure the monkeys didn’t steal our belongings!
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2023
• The high priests of culture — in media and entertainment — are in lockstep with her.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2019
• Rafael Nadal, the high priest of hitting the ball incredibly hard all of the time, is among those who have called the move downright disrespectful.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
• Bass Simon Kim had a stately vocal presence as the high priest Ramfis.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
• The high priest of attacking soccer was in Burnley last weekend, clinging to a 1-0 lead, when his faith began to crack.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 3 May 2019
• The king would also be surrounded by high priests on rafts who would throw in gold jewelry as an offering to the gods.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 23 Feb. 2023
• The tall stone slab includes a decree by Tutankhamen guaranteeing the protection of a high priest and dates back to 1327 BCE.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 27 May 2022
• There are very few, though, who can justifiably claim to have had a greater impact on the game than the man widely regarded as the high priest of pressing.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2020
• As the story of The Magic Flute goes, a handsome prince must rescue the daughter of a queen from a high priest, with the help of a local bird catcher, a trio of spirits and a magic flute.
  — Lisa Deaderick, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 5 Sep. 2017
• Hayom writes that Kool and other experts say the coin may have been minted by the temple’s high priest out of high-grade silver stored at the religious site.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
• But on the whole these teenagers were calm amid the provocations and far less incendiary than the adults who taunted them and the progressive high priests who denounced them.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2019
• Don DeLillo, the high priest of chilly postmodernism, would seem an odd candidate for channeler of the 9/11 touchy-feelies.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2021
• If Carmel is a holy site for enthusiasts of fine-art photography, then Taylor is one of its high priests.
  — Wallace Baine, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2018
• Abel advanced in the priesthood, eventually holding the office of high priest.
  — Mica McGriggs, Teen Vogue, 11 July 2018
• Her image circled the globe and was spotted by the Jordanian smuggler who had taken the coffin and tipped the high priest’s mummy into the Nile.
  — Graham Bowley, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
• But instead, Jesus was taken directly to the Jerusalem residence of the high priest Joseph Caiaphas.
  — National Geographic, 19 Apr. 2019
• Waziri said the tombs likely belonged to the high priests of Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god of writing and wisdom, among other senior officials.
  — Fox News, 1 Feb. 2020
• The biblical Hannah was initially thought to be unable to have children, but after praying, she was blessed by a high priest and had a son, Samuel. Eve.
  — Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024