high priest
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
In the Bible, the male individual 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. See Kohen Gadol.
noun
noun
The second-lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
noun
A person holding a position of power or influence; an authority in a field of study, doctrine, art or a movement.
noun
A second or third degree male witch in Wicca.
Example Sentences
- "Jake was ordained a high priest when he was called to be a counselor in a bishopric."
- "The global economic collapse of 2007-2008 discredited “rational expectations” economics (though its high priests have yet to recognize this) and brought both Keynes and Hayek back into posthumous contention."
- "He perorated in a distinctly disturbed, and disturbing, manner, at least for a CIA high priest: “Technology is moving faster than government or law can keep up. It’s moving faster … than you can keep up: you should be asking the question of what are your rights and who owns your data.”"
- "The high priest of US arms controllers"