Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

astronomer-priest

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: as-tronomer--priest
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A leader in various ancient religions which worshipped heavenly bodies as gods and goddesses.

Example Sentences

"In most countries the astronomer-priests seem to have arranged it so that the rays once a year allowed to penetrate into their Holy of Holies should fall upon and illuminate an image of the Sun-God[.]"
"We must remember, as von Dechend warns, that when we are dealing with seemingly absurd mythological narratives, we should not be patronizing, but we should realize that we are dealing with the technical language of an elite caste of astronomer-priests."

Inflected Forms

astronomer-priests (plural)

Questions

What does astronomer-priest mean?: A leader in various ancient religions which worshipped heavenly bodies as gods and goddesses.

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