noun, a priest in ancient Greece; specifically: the chief priest of the Eleusinian mysteries, a person who explains: commentator, advocate.
The witty, insightful reviews he writes for his blog have established his reputation as a hierophant of the local music scene.
"Hierophant," "hieroglyphics," and "hierarch" have a common root: heiros, a Greek word meaning "sacred." "Hieroglyphics" joins heiros with a derivative of glyphic, the Greek verb for "carve." "Hierarch," a word that can refer to a religious leader in a position of authority, joins heiros with a derivative of archein, meaning "to rule." "Hierophant" itself joins the root with a derivative of phainein, which means "to show." The original hierophants were priest of the ancient Greek city of Eleusis who performed sacred its. in the 17th century, when the word was first documented in English, it referred to these priests. By the 19th century, English speakers were using the term in a broad sense. A "hierophant" can now be a spokesperson, a commentator, an interpreter, or a leading advocate.
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