hierophancy|ˈhaɪərəʊfænsɪ| [ad.Gr. ἱεροϕαντία, f. ἱεροϕάντης: see next and -ancy.] The function of a hierophant; capacity of expounding sacred mysteries. 1851S. Judd Margaret iii. (1871) 379 The hierophancy that exists in all souls needed only to be awakened.