noun
1. a preeminent authority or major proponent of a movement or doctrine
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he's the high priest of contemporary jazz
• Hypernyms: ↑authority
2. a senior clergyman and dignitary
• Syn: ↑archpriest, ↑hierarch, ↑prelate, ↑primate
• Derivationally related forms: ↑primateship (for: ↑primate)
• Hypernyms: ↑priest
• Instance Hyponyms:
↑Inge, ↑William Ralph Inge, ↑Gloomy Dean, ↑Jimenez de Cisneros, ↑Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, ↑Newman, ↑John Henry Newman, ↑Cardinal Newman, ↑Richelieu, ↑Duc de Richelieu, ↑Armand Jean du Plessis, ↑Cardinal Richelieu, ↑Tutu, ↑Desmond Tutu, ↑Ussher, ↑James Ussher, ↑Usher, ↑James Usher, ↑Wykeham, ↑William of Wykeham, ↑Wyszynski, ↑Stefan Wyszynski
Useful english dictionary. 2012.