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Noun: high priest  hI preest
  1. A preeminent authority or major proponent of a movement or doctrine
    "he's the high priest of contemporary jazz"
     
  2. A senior clergyman and dignitary
    - archpriest, hierarch, prelate, primate

Derived forms: high priests

Type of: authority, priest

Encyclopedia: High priest