— hierophantic , adj. — hierophantically , adv.
/huy"euhr euh fant', huy"reuh-, huy er"euh-/ , n.
1. (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
2. any interpreter of sacred mysteries or esoteric principles; mystagogue.
[ 1670-80; hierophanta hierophántes, equiv. to hiero- HIERO- + -phántes, deriv. of phaínein to show, make known ]