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noun

Hierophant n.

The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, One who teaches the mysteries and duties of a religion or an arcane discipline; an expositor; as, In his television series "Cosmos", Carl Sagan became the foremost hierophant of modern cosmology..

Synonyms: mystagogue.

An advocate or spokesperson.

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Etymology of 'Hierophant'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hierophant" Quotes from Famous Books

... friendships, in their mutual corruption! Creatures of intrigue, they borrow other men's eyes, and act by feelings often even contrary to their own: they wear a mask on their face, and only sing a tune they have caught. Some hierophant in their mysteries proclaims their elect whom they have to initiate, and their profane who are to stand apart under their ban. They bend to the spirit of the age, but they do not elevate the public to them; they care ...

— Literary Character of Men of Genius - Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions • Isaac D'Israeli

... meeting, if not a witches' Sabbath, was a close approximation to one. On the subject of the Sabbath, or periodical meeting of witches, De Lancre is the leading authority. He who is curious cannot do better than consult this great hierophant, (his work is entitled Tableau de l'Inconstance des mauvais Anges et Demons. Paris, 1613, 4to.) whose knowledge and experience well qualified him to have been constituted the Itinerant Master of Ceremonies, an officer who, he assures us, was never ...

— Discovery of Witches - The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster • Thomas Potts