high priest

1. A preeminent authority or major proponent of a movement or doctrine (synset 110194879)
   "he's the high priest of contemporary jazz"
   is a type of: authority - an expert whose views are taken as definitive
2. A senior clergyman and dignitary (synset 109826498)
   is a type of: priest - a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
   specific instances:

   • gloomy dean, inge, william ralph inge - English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954)
   • francisco jimenez de cisneros, jimenez de cisneros - prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)
   • cardinal newman, john henry newman, newman - English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)
   • armand jean du plessis, cardinal richelieu, duc de richelieu, richelieu - French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642)
   • desmond tutu, tutu - South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
   • james usher, james ussher, usher, ussher - Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)
   • william of wykeham, wykeham - English prelate and statesman; founded a college at Oxford and Winchester College in Winchester; served as chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404)
   • stefan wyszynski, wyszynski - Polish prelate who persuaded the Soviet to allow greater religious freedom in Poland (1901-1981)
   same as: archpriest, hierarch, prelate, primate

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