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单词 hierophant
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
hi•er•o•phant  (hīər ə fant′, hīrə-, hī erə-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Antiquity(in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
  2. any interpreter of sacred mysteries or esoteric principles;
    mystagogue.
  • Greek hierophántēs, equivalent. to hiero- hiero- + -phántēs, derivative of phaínein to show, make known
  • Late Latin hierophanta
  • 1670–80
hi′er•o•phantic, adj. 
hi′er•o•phanti•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hierophant /ˈhaɪərəˌfænt/ n
  1. (in ancient Greece) an official high priest of religious mysteries, esp those of Eleusis
  2. a person who interprets and explains esoteric mysteries
Etymology: 17th Century: from Late Latin hierophanta, from Greek hierophantēs, from hiero- + phainein to reveal

ˌhieroˈphantic adj
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