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单词 hierophant
释义 hi·er·o·phant
\ˈhī(ə)rəˌfant; hīˈerəˌfant, -_fənt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Late Latin hierophanta, hierophantes, from Greek hierophantēs, from hier- + -phantēs (from phainein to reveal, show, make known) — more at fancy
1. : a priest in ancient Greece
 < a hierophant … dressed in a fawn skin, with a crown of poplar leaves — L.P.Smith >
specifically : the chief priest of the Eleusinian mysteries
2.
 a. : a spokesman or interpreter
  < the hierophant of Beauty, the dedicated poet of the cult — F.R.Leavis >
  < the molder and hierophant of the national life — Van Wyck Brooks >
 b. : a leading advocate
  < sociologists have long been hierophants of methodology — R.K.Merton >
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