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High priest

noun
Word Frequency: 3.0

Definitions

1.nounA clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.
2.nounIn the history of the Hebrew Testament (Tanakh), the male person who was responsible for making the annual sacrifice on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). Always a descendant of Aaron the older brother of Moses.
3.nounJesus Christ.
4.nounThe second-lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
5.nounA person holding a position of power or influence; an authority in a field of study, doctrine, art or a movement.
6.nounA third degree (sometimes forth degree) male witch in Wicca.

Synonyms

hierarcharchpriestprelateprimatehighbishophis holinessyour holinesshighmanpontiffhigher-upabovehigherup
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