high priest

== English == === Alternative forms === highpriest === Pronunciation === === Noun === high priest (plural high priests) (religion) A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest. In the Bible, the male individual 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. See Kohen Gadol. (Christianity) Jesus Christ. (Mormonism) The second-lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood. (figurative) A person holding a position of power or influence; an authority in a field of study, doctrine, art or a movement. (Wicca) A second or third degree male witch in Wicca. ==== Synonyms ==== abbot (leader of a Christian or Buddhist monastery) archbishop godi (high priest in some Asatru or Germanic neopagan groups) head priest, chief priest (high priest of a local temple or shrine) Kohen Gadol, Jewish high priest mahant (high priest in some Hindu temples) volkhv (high priest in some Slavic neopagan temples) ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== high church, High Mass ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== "High Priest," Bible Dictionary, The Official Scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2006.