hierophant noun. ['hʌɪrǝ(ʊ)fant] L17.
[Late Latin hierophanta, -es from Greek hierophantēs, from hieros (see HIERO-) + phan- base of phainein reveal: see -ANT¹.]
1. Antiquities. An official expounder of sacred mysteries or ceremonies, esp. in ancient Greece; an initiating or presiding priest. L17.

2. gen. An expounder of sacred mysteries; an interpreter of an esoteric principle. E19.
■ M. Lowry What did..the hierophants of science know of the fearful potencies of..evil?

■ hiero'phantic adjective L18.

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