English Dictionary

high priest

名詞

モルモン教

(religion) A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.

日本語の意味

通常の神職よりも高い地位を持つ聖職者、すなわち大祭司や高位の聖職者を指す。

The high priest performed the ancient ritual at dawn, invoking blessings for the harvest.

大司祭は暁に古代の儀式を執り行い、収穫のための祝福を祈った。

意味（1）

(religion) A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.

意味（2）

In the Bible, the male person who was responsible for making the annual sacrifice on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). Always a descendant of Aaron the older brother of Moses.

意味（3）

(Christianity) Jesus Christ.

意味（4）

(Mormonism) The second-lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.

Jake was ordained a high priest when he was called to be a counselor in a bishopric.

意味（5）

A person holding a position of power or influence; an authority in a field of study, doctrine, art or a movement.

The global economic collapse of 2007-2008 discredited “rational expectations” economics (though its high priests have yet to recognize this) and brought both Keynes and Hayek back into posthumous contention.

意味（6）

(Wicca) A third degree (sometimes forth degree) male witch in Wicca.

high priests （ plural ）