| high priest | | |
| n. (person) | 1. high priest | a preeminent authority or major proponent of a movement or doctrine.; "he's the high priest of contemporary jazz" |
| ~ authority | an expert whose views are taken as definitive.; "he is an authority on corporate law" |
| n. (person) | 2. archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate | a senior clergyman and dignitary. |
| ~ priest | a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders. |
| ~ gloomy dean, inge, william ralph inge | English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954). |
| ~ francisco jimenez de cisneros, jimenez de cisneros | prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517). |
| ~ cardinal newman, john henry newman, newman | English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890). |
| ~ armand jean du plessis, cardinal richelieu, duc de richelieu, richelieu | French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642). |
| ~ desmond tutu, tutu | South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931). |
| ~ james usher, james ussher, usher, ussher | Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656). |
| ~ william of wykeham, wykeham | English prelate and statesman; founded a college at Oxford and Winchester College in Winchester; served as chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404). |
| ~ stefan wyszynski, wyszynski | Polish prelate who persuaded the Soviet to allow greater religious freedom in Poland (1901-1981). |
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