hi´er|o|phan´tic

hi´er|o|phan´tic
hi|er|o|phant «HY uhr uh fant, hy EHR-», noun.
1. an interpreter of sacred mysteries or religious knowledge: »

Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration (Shelley).

2. (in ancient Greece) an official interpreter of sacred mysteries or religious ceremonies, especially the chief priest of the Eleusinian mysteries.
[< Latin hierophantēs < Greek hierophántēs < hierós sacred + phaínein to show]
hi´er|o|phan´tic, adjective.

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