high priest Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a preeminent authority or major proponent of a movement or doctrine
    • he's the high priest of contemporary jazz
  2. noun a senior clergyman and dignitary
    hierarch; prelate; primate; archpriest.

WordNet


High" priest`
Definitions
  1. (Eccl.) A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.

Webster 1913