"high priest" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: high priests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} high priest (plural high priests)
  1. (religion) A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest. Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms: abbot (english: leader of a Christian or Buddhist monastery), archbishop, godi (alt: high priest in some Asatru or Germanic neopagan groups), head priest, chief priest (english: high priest of a local temple or shrine), mahant (english: high priest in some Hindu temples), volkhv (english: high priest in some Slavic neopagan temples), highpriest Derived forms: highpriesthood, highpriestly, highpriestship Related terms: high church, High Mass Coordinate_terms: high priestess
    Sense id: en-high_priest-en-noun-~g58xSD3 Topics: lifestyle, religion
  2. 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.
    Sense id: en-high_priest-en-noun-X~y4-e0F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 32 29 2 17 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 36 21 1 15 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 29 31 2 17 15
  3. (Christianity) Jesus Christ. Categories (topical): Christianity, Wicca Translations (office in Mormonism): ylipappi (Finnish), првосвештеник (prvosveštenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), arcykapłan [masculine] (Polish), первосвяще́нник (pervosvjaščénnik) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-high_priest-en-noun-UZ-pFmvO Disambiguation of Wicca: 8 19 40 6 7 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 32 29 2 17 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 29 31 2 17 15 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'office in Mormonism': 1 17 59 16 3 5
  4. (Mormonism) The second-lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood. Tags: Mormonism Categories (topical): Mormonism
    Sense id: en-high_priest-en-noun-dXs7AsCY
  5. A person holding a position of power or influence; an authority in a field of study, doctrine, art or a movement. Translations (powerful person, authority): auktoriteetti (Finnish), guru (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-high_priest-en-noun-8G7onz7Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 32 29 2 17 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 29 31 2 17 15 Disambiguation of 'powerful person, authority': 2 8 27 3 58 1
  6. (Wicca) A second or third degree male witch in Wicca. Categories (topical): Wicca
    Sense id: en-high_priest-en-noun-pr5Dy3rk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 32 29 2 17 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 29 31 2 17 15 Topics: Wicca, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice): ἀρχιερεύς (arkhiereús) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Hogepriester [masculine] (Dutch), ylipappi (Finnish), Grand Prêtre [masculine] (French), souverain sacrificateur [masculine] (French), Grand-prêtre [masculine] (French), Hoherpriester [masculine] (German), 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰 (ufargudja) [masculine] (Gothic), sommo sacerdote [masculine] (Italian), Huagepriesta [masculine] (Plautdietsch), Kuhani Mkuu (Swahili) Translations (high clergyman): 𒂗 (enu) [masculine] (Akkadian), ἀρχιερεύς (arkhiereús) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), първосвеще́ник (pǎrvosvešténik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), върхо́вен жрец (vǎrhóven žrec) (Bulgarian), 大祭司 (daai⁶ zai³ si¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 大祭司 (dà jìsī) (Chinese Mandarin), 儒生 (rúshēng) (english: Confucian high priest) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲣⲉⲩⲥ (arkhiereus) [masculine] (Coptic), hogepriester [masculine] (Dutch), nTr-Hm-tp*p:y (ḥm-nṯr tpj) [masculine] (Egyptian), ylipappi (Finnish), grand prêtre [masculine] (French), grand-prêtre [masculine] (French), Hohepriester [masculine] (German), महान्त (mahānt) (note: in some temples as a leader) [masculine] (Hindi), főpap (Hungarian), ardsagart [masculine] (Irish), uachtarán na sagart [masculine] (Irish), sommo sacerdote [masculine] (Italian), 大祭司 (daisaishi) (alt: だいさいし) (Japanese), 宮司 (guuji) (english: head priest of a Shinto shrine) (alt: ぐうじ) (Japanese), 住職 (juushoku) (english: abbot of a Buddhist temple) (Japanese), pontifex (Latin), antistes [masculine] (Latin), првосвештеник (prvosveštenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), paderi tinggi (Malay), ard-saggyrt [masculine] (Manx), Huagapriesta [masculine] (Plautdietsch), arcykapłan [masculine] (Polish), sumo sacerdote [masculine] (Portuguese), mare preot [masculine] (Romanian), первосвяще́нник (pervosvjaščénnik) [masculine] (Russian), волхв (volxv) (english: Slavic neopaganaism) [masculine] (Russian), главни свештеник [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), главни жрец [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), glavni sveštenik [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), glavni žrec [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sumo sacerdote [masculine] (Spanish), มหาปุโรหิต (Thai), 𐎗𐎁 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (rb khn) (Ugaritic), allgiliyaq (Yup'ik)
Disambiguation of 'Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice': 1 41 37 5 8 8 Disambiguation of 'high clergyman': 26 29 20 2 10 13

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      "alt": "だいさいし",
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      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
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      "roman": "ufargudja",
      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰"
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      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
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      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
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      ],
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      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "word": "大祭司"
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      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "word": "大祭司"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "word": "儒生"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "high clergyman",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "महान्त"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "főpap"
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      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uachtarán na sagart"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "antistes"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prvosveštenik",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "првосвештеник"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "word": "paderi tinggi"
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      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sumo sacerdote"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mare preot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervosvjaščénnik",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "первосвяще́нник"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "волхв"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "главни свештеник"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
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    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "high clergyman",
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        "Roman"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "word": "มหาปุโรหิต"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "rb khn",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "word": "𐎗𐎁 𐎋𐎅𐎐"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "high clergyman",
      "word": "allgiliyaq"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hogepriester"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
      "word": "ylipappi"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Grand Prêtre"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
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      ],
      "word": "souverain sacrificateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grand-prêtre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hoherpriester"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "ufargudja",
      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "arkhiereús",
      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀρχιερεύς"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sommo sacerdote"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Huagepriesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Bible: male person responsible for making the annual sacrifice",
      "word": "Kuhani Mkuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "office in Mormonism",
      "word": "ylipappi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prvosveštenik",
      "sense": "office in Mormonism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "првосвештеник"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "office in Mormonism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arcykapłan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervosvjaščénnik",
      "sense": "office in Mormonism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "первосвяще́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "powerful person, authority",
      "word": "auktoriteetti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "powerful person, authority",
      "word": "guru"
    }
  ],
  "word": "high priest"
}

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