Definition of high priest in English:

high priest

noun

1A chief priest of a non-Christian religion.
Example sentencesExamples
- Organised by Benin's main voodoo leader Daagbo Hounon Houna, the festival begins with the clatter of tambourines and continues with hours of incantations by high priests of the religion, who fall into deep trances.
- For support, Alonso relied on his family and, increasingly, on his babalawo, or Santerian high priest.
- Only towards the end were they written to fit a full-blown Wiccan coven with high priestess and high priest.
- The Druids, the high priests of the Celts, spent twenty years learning the traditions and oral lessons.
- According to Chief Obadio, the high priest of Oduduwa in Ife, human sacrifice was offered to the deity in the past.
1. 1.1 The chief priest of the historic Jewish religion.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Inside, behind a great curtain, is the Holy of Holies, where the high priest, like Moses before him, communes with the Lord.
  The two main characters involved in Jesus's death are Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, and Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest.
  Jerusalem itself was governed by the Jewish high priest, who was responsible to a Roman prefect.
  Mark 14: 66-72 records how, in the court of the high priest, Peter three times denied that he was a disciple of Jesus.
  It was the only day in the Jewish calendar when the high priest could enter the innermost room of the temple - the most holy place.
  Synonyms
  authority, expert, specialist, pundit, guru, mentor, adviser, mastermind, connoisseur
2. 1.2 The chief male advocate or proponent of a particular belief or practice.
  the high priest of surrealism
  Example sentencesExamples
  As to be expected, Comte appointed himself as the high priest of the new religion of humanity.
  Newton's millenarian enthusiasm, based upon the deeply held notion that human history was orchestrated by God, was matched later in the century by the millennial speculations of the high priest of rational Dissent, Joseph Priestley.
  They claim to be the high priests of tolerance, and yet they practice intolerance against us.
  He is a founder of the party and the high priest of its right-wing, low-tax, pro-enterprise economic code.
  The architects of neoliberalism, the high priests of free market fundamentalism, continue to force through destructive policies with all the fervour of religious zealots.
  Kerr, the former 20-a-day man, is the high priest of this new ideology.
  Here was one of the high priests of modern international capitalism speaking.
  Then again, he has been called the high priest of evolution, with Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species as his bible.
  As Pierre Boulez turns 80, some of the world's greatest composers give their verdict on the high priest of modernism
  Goldman Sachs is the arch high priest of the investment banker's temple.
  Vanity Fair is the beautiful people's bible and Carter has been described as ‘the high priest of celebrity culture’, so if he's predicting the end of the Age of Affluence we should stop and listen.
  Over the past 36 years, J.D. ‘Dave’ Power has earned a reputation as high priest of customer satisfaction.
  But who could have foreseen that the man once known as the high priest of UK drugs culture would team up with the singer from the ultimate Scottish teenybop band?
  Nor does he realize that markets are far more random and far riskier that he is being made to believe by the high priests of the brokerage industry.
  Evolution also makes it possible to be ‘an intellectually fulfilled atheist’, according to the high priest of atheism, Richard Dawkins of Oxford University.
  And this allows the authorities to set themselves up as the high priests of the new moral anti-racism.
  The high priests of the market preach a similar doctrine, claiming that money can separate itself from the production process and enter a financial heaven where money endlessly begets money.
  He has wrestled with expansion since 1996, when he took over as CEO from Vanguard founder John C. Bogle, the high priest of low-cost index investing.
  A clergyman's son, Osler became a high priest of modern medicine and contributed greatly to America's rise to international medical prominence.
  For years, the politicians and their high priests of ‘free markets’ and ‘free trade’ have been telling us that we'd better make sacrifices or our prosperity was in danger.

Definition of high priest in US English:

high priest

nounˈˌhaɪ ˈpristˈˌhī ˈprēst

1A chief priest of a non-Christian religion.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Druids, the high priests of the Celts, spent twenty years learning the traditions and oral lessons.
- Organised by Benin's main voodoo leader Daagbo Hounon Houna, the festival begins with the clatter of tambourines and continues with hours of incantations by high priests of the religion, who fall into deep trances.
- For support, Alonso relied on his family and, increasingly, on his babalawo, or Santerian high priest.
- According to Chief Obadio, the high priest of Oduduwa in Ife, human sacrifice was offered to the deity in the past.
- Only towards the end were they written to fit a full-blown Wiccan coven with high priestess and high priest.
1. 1.1 The chief priest of the historic Jewish religion.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The two main characters involved in Jesus's death are Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, and Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest.
  Mark 14: 66-72 records how, in the court of the high priest, Peter three times denied that he was a disciple of Jesus.
  It was the only day in the Jewish calendar when the high priest could enter the innermost room of the temple - the most holy place.
  Inside, behind a great curtain, is the Holy of Holies, where the high priest, like Moses before him, communes with the Lord.
  Jerusalem itself was governed by the Jewish high priest, who was responsible to a Roman prefect.
  Synonyms
  authority, expert, specialist, pundit, guru, mentor, adviser, mastermind, connoisseur
2. 1.2 A chief advocate of a belief or practice.
  the high priest of the drug culture
  Example sentencesExamples
  And this allows the authorities to set themselves up as the high priests of the new moral anti-racism.
  Vanity Fair is the beautiful people's bible and Carter has been described as ‘the high priest of celebrity culture’, so if he's predicting the end of the Age of Affluence we should stop and listen.
  Goldman Sachs is the arch high priest of the investment banker's temple.
  Then again, he has been called the high priest of evolution, with Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species as his bible.
  He has wrestled with expansion since 1996, when he took over as CEO from Vanguard founder John C. Bogle, the high priest of low-cost index investing.
  The architects of neoliberalism, the high priests of free market fundamentalism, continue to force through destructive policies with all the fervour of religious zealots.
  Nor does he realize that markets are far more random and far riskier that he is being made to believe by the high priests of the brokerage industry.
  As to be expected, Comte appointed himself as the high priest of the new religion of humanity.
  Newton's millenarian enthusiasm, based upon the deeply held notion that human history was orchestrated by God, was matched later in the century by the millennial speculations of the high priest of rational Dissent, Joseph Priestley.
  For years, the politicians and their high priests of ‘free markets’ and ‘free trade’ have been telling us that we'd better make sacrifices or our prosperity was in danger.
  But who could have foreseen that the man once known as the high priest of UK drugs culture would team up with the singer from the ultimate Scottish teenybop band?
  A clergyman's son, Osler became a high priest of modern medicine and contributed greatly to America's rise to international medical prominence.
  Here was one of the high priests of modern international capitalism speaking.
  He is a founder of the party and the high priest of its right-wing, low-tax, pro-enterprise economic code.
  Evolution also makes it possible to be ‘an intellectually fulfilled atheist’, according to the high priest of atheism, Richard Dawkins of Oxford University.
  Kerr, the former 20-a-day man, is the high priest of this new ideology.
  The high priests of the market preach a similar doctrine, claiming that money can separate itself from the production process and enter a financial heaven where money endlessly begets money.
  Over the past 36 years, J.D. ‘Dave’ Power has earned a reputation as high priest of customer satisfaction.
  They claim to be the high priests of tolerance, and yet they practice intolerance against us.
  As Pierre Boulez turns 80, some of the world's greatest composers give their verdict on the high priest of modernism

单词	high priest
释义	Definition of high priest in English: high priest noun 1A chief priest of a non-Christian religion. Example sentencesExamples Organised by Benin's main voodoo leader Daagbo Hounon Houna, the festival begins with the clatter of tambourines and continues with hours of incantations by high priests of the religion, who fall into deep trances. For support, Alonso relied on his family and, increasingly, on his babalawo, or Santerian high priest. Only towards the end were they written to fit a full-blown Wiccan coven with high priestess and high priest. The Druids, the high priests of the Celts, spent twenty years learning the traditions and oral lessons. According to Chief Obadio, the high priest of Oduduwa in Ife, human sacrifice was offered to the deity in the past. 1.1 The chief priest of the historic Jewish religion. Example sentencesExamples Inside, behind a great curtain, is the Holy of Holies, where the high priest, like Moses before him, communes with the Lord. The two main characters involved in Jesus's death are Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, and Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest. Jerusalem itself was governed by the Jewish high priest, who was responsible to a Roman prefect. Mark 14: 66-72 records how, in the court of the high priest, Peter three times denied that he was a disciple of Jesus. It was the only day in the Jewish calendar when the high priest could enter the innermost room of the temple - the most holy place. Synonyms authority, expert, specialist, pundit, guru, mentor, adviser, mastermind, connoisseur 1.2 The chief male advocate or proponent of a particular belief or practice. the high priest of surrealism Example sentencesExamples As to be expected, Comte appointed himself as the high priest of the new religion of humanity. Newton's millenarian enthusiasm, based upon the deeply held notion that human history was orchestrated by God, was matched later in the century by the millennial speculations of the high priest of rational Dissent, Joseph Priestley. They claim to be the high priests of tolerance, and yet they practice intolerance against us. He is a founder of the party and the high priest of its right-wing, low-tax, pro-enterprise economic code. The architects of neoliberalism, the high priests of free market fundamentalism, continue to force through destructive policies with all the fervour of religious zealots. Kerr, the former 20-a-day man, is the high priest of this new ideology. Here was one of the high priests of modern international capitalism speaking. Then again, he has been called the high priest of evolution, with Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species as his bible. As Pierre Boulez turns 80, some of the world's greatest composers give their verdict on the high priest of modernism Goldman Sachs is the arch high priest of the investment banker's temple. Vanity Fair is the beautiful people's bible and Carter has been described as ‘the high priest of celebrity culture’, so if he's predicting the end of the Age of Affluence we should stop and listen. Over the past 36 years, J.D. ‘Dave’ Power has earned a reputation as high priest of customer satisfaction. But who could have foreseen that the man once known as the high priest of UK drugs culture would team up with the singer from the ultimate Scottish teenybop band? Nor does he realize that markets are far more random and far riskier that he is being made to believe by the high priests of the brokerage industry. Evolution also makes it possible to be ‘an intellectually fulfilled atheist’, according to the high priest of atheism, Richard Dawkins of Oxford University. And this allows the authorities to set themselves up as the high priests of the new moral anti-racism. The high priests of the market preach a similar doctrine, claiming that money can separate itself from the production process and enter a financial heaven where money endlessly begets money. He has wrestled with expansion since 1996, when he took over as CEO from Vanguard founder John C. Bogle, the high priest of low-cost index investing. A clergyman's son, Osler became a high priest of modern medicine and contributed greatly to America's rise to international medical prominence. For years, the politicians and their high priests of ‘free markets’ and ‘free trade’ have been telling us that we'd better make sacrifices or our prosperity was in danger. Definition of high priest in US English: high priest nounˈˌhaɪ ˈpristˈˌhī ˈprēst 1A chief priest of a non-Christian religion. Example sentencesExamples The Druids, the high priests of the Celts, spent twenty years learning the traditions and oral lessons. Organised by Benin's main voodoo leader Daagbo Hounon Houna, the festival begins with the clatter of tambourines and continues with hours of incantations by high priests of the religion, who fall into deep trances. For support, Alonso relied on his family and, increasingly, on his babalawo, or Santerian high priest. According to Chief Obadio, the high priest of Oduduwa in Ife, human sacrifice was offered to the deity in the past. Only towards the end were they written to fit a full-blown Wiccan coven with high priestess and high priest. 1.1 The chief priest of the historic Jewish religion. Example sentencesExamples The two main characters involved in Jesus's death are Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, and Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest. Mark 14: 66-72 records how, in the court of the high priest, Peter three times denied that he was a disciple of Jesus. It was the only day in the Jewish calendar when the high priest could enter the innermost room of the temple - the most holy place. Inside, behind a great curtain, is the Holy of Holies, where the high priest, like Moses before him, communes with the Lord. Jerusalem itself was governed by the Jewish high priest, who was responsible to a Roman prefect. Synonyms authority, expert, specialist, pundit, guru, mentor, adviser, mastermind, connoisseur 1.2 A chief advocate of a belief or practice. the high priest of the drug culture Example sentencesExamples And this allows the authorities to set themselves up as the high priests of the new moral anti-racism. Vanity Fair is the beautiful people's bible and Carter has been described as ‘the high priest of celebrity culture’, so if he's predicting the end of the Age of Affluence we should stop and listen. Goldman Sachs is the arch high priest of the investment banker's temple. Then again, he has been called the high priest of evolution, with Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species as his bible. He has wrestled with expansion since 1996, when he took over as CEO from Vanguard founder John C. Bogle, the high priest of low-cost index investing. The architects of neoliberalism, the high priests of free market fundamentalism, continue to force through destructive policies with all the fervour of religious zealots. Nor does he realize that markets are far more random and far riskier that he is being made to believe by the high priests of the brokerage industry. As to be expected, Comte appointed himself as the high priest of the new religion of humanity. Newton's millenarian enthusiasm, based upon the deeply held notion that human history was orchestrated by God, was matched later in the century by the millennial speculations of the high priest of rational Dissent, Joseph Priestley. For years, the politicians and their high priests of ‘free markets’ and ‘free trade’ have been telling us that we'd better make sacrifices or our prosperity was in danger. But who could have foreseen that the man once known as the high priest of UK drugs culture would team up with the singer from the ultimate Scottish teenybop band? A clergyman's son, Osler became a high priest of modern medicine and contributed greatly to America's rise to international medical prominence. Here was one of the high priests of modern international capitalism speaking. He is a founder of the party and the high priest of its right-wing, low-tax, pro-enterprise economic code. Evolution also makes it possible to be ‘an intellectually fulfilled atheist’, according to the high priest of atheism, Richard Dawkins of Oxford University. Kerr, the former 20-a-day man, is the high priest of this new ideology. The high priests of the market preach a similar doctrine, claiming that money can separate itself from the production process and enter a financial heaven where money endlessly begets money. Over the past 36 years, J.D. ‘Dave’ Power has earned a reputation as high priest of customer satisfaction. They claim to be the high priests of tolerance, and yet they practice intolerance against us. As Pierre Boulez turns 80, some of the world's greatest composers give their verdict on the high priest of modernism
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