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单词 hierophant
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Definition of hierophant in English:

hierophant

noun ˈhʌɪ(ə)rə(ʊ)fantˈhaɪ(ə)rəˌfænt
  • A person, especially a priest, who interprets sacred mysteries or esoteric principles.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dedicatory inscription on a statue base found in the Agora Excavations throws new light on relations between families of hierophants and daduchs in the late second and early third century A.D.
    • The father of Apollonios the hierophant was, as mentioned above, C. Iulius Casianus Apollonios of Steiria.
    • In order for her to be the granddaughter of the hierophant Casianus Apollonios, her father must of course be his son, therefore born presumably ca. 175-180.
    • As it happens, we know the hierophants who served from the reign of Antoninus Pius to ca. 191: Flavius Leosthenes and Julius Hierophantes.
    • Clearly this hierophant had achieved a social and political status similar to that enjoyed by Apollonios.

Derivatives

  • hierophantic

  • adjectivehʌɪ(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈfantɪk
    • The Gospel of Thomas represents a partial record of his activities as teacher, although indications of his hierophantic mysteries are present also.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The priest, whether Hindu or Catholic, had a hierophantic role attached to his ritual and art of communion with the beyond.
      • The French Gnostic Tradition is hierophantic in nature and transmission.

Origin

Late 17th century: via late Latin from Greek hierophantēs, from hieros 'sacred' + phainein 'show, reveal'.

 
 

Definition of hierophant in US English:

hierophant

nounˈhaɪ(ə)rəˌfæntˈhī(ə)rəˌfant
  • A person, especially a priest in ancient Greece, who interprets sacred mysteries or esoteric principles.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dedicatory inscription on a statue base found in the Agora Excavations throws new light on relations between families of hierophants and daduchs in the late second and early third century A.D.
    • In order for her to be the granddaughter of the hierophant Casianus Apollonios, her father must of course be his son, therefore born presumably ca. 175-180.
    • As it happens, we know the hierophants who served from the reign of Antoninus Pius to ca. 191: Flavius Leosthenes and Julius Hierophantes.
    • The father of Apollonios the hierophant was, as mentioned above, C. Iulius Casianus Apollonios of Steiria.
    • Clearly this hierophant had achieved a social and political status similar to that enjoyed by Apollonios.

Origin

Late 17th century: via late Latin from Greek hierophantēs, from hieros ‘sacred’ + phainein ‘show, reveal’.

 
 
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