HIGH PRIEST

Meaning of HIGH PRIEST in English

( high priests)

If you call a man the high priest of a particular thing, you are saying in a slightly mocking way that he is considered by people to be expert in that thing.

...the high priest of cheap periodical fiction.

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HIGH PRIEST — noun Date: 14th century a chief priest especially of the ancient Jewish Levitical priesthood traditionally traced from Aaron, a priest …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HIGH PRIEST — noun Etymology: Middle English hege prest 1. : a chief priest ; especially : the head of the Jewish priesthood …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIGH PRIEST — () A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
Английский словарь Webster
HIGH PRIEST — A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGH PRIEST — 1. a chief priest. 2. Judaism. (from Aaronic times to about the 1st century A.D.) the priest ranking above all …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGH PRIEST — chief priest belonging to the ancient Levitical priesthood (Judaism); priest belonging to the Melchizedek priesthood (Mormonism); leader of a movement …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HIGH PRIEST — Date: 14th century 1. : a chief priest especially of the ancient Jewish Levitical priesthood traditionally traced from Aaron 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIGH PRIEST — a chief priest; ·esp., the head of the jewish priesthood.
Webster English vocab
HIGH PRIEST — Function: noun Date: 14th century 1 : a chief priest especially of the ancient Jewish Levitical priesthood traditionally traced from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HIGH PRIEST — ■ noun a chief priest of a non-Christian religion, especially of historic Judaism. ↘(also ~ess ) the leader of a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HIGH PRIEST — [high priest] n (14c) 1: a chief priest esp. of the ancient Jewish Levitical priesthood traditionally traced from Aaron 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIGH PRIEST — Hebrew kohen gadol in Judaism, the chief religious functionary in the Temple of Jerusalem, whose unique privilege was to enter …
Britannica English vocabulary
HIGH PRIEST — noun 1. the most important priest in the Jewish religion in the past 2. ( feminine ˌhigh ˈpriestess ) an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGH PRIEST — ˌhigh ˈpriest BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . informal someone who is famous for being the best at a type …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIGH PRIEST — (~s) If you call a man the ~ of a particular thing, you are saying in a slightly mocking way …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HIGH PRIEST — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Age hasn't mellowed the high priest of punk, Iggy Pop. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGH-PRIEST — n. Chief priest.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
HIGH PRIEST — ealdorbiscop
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
HIGH PRIEST — 1) первосвященник, верховный жрец 2) корифей, ведущий деятель, глашатай первосвященник; верховный жрец корифей, ведущий деятель, глашатай (доктрины, движения и т. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIGH PRIEST — 1. первосвященник; верховный жрец 2. корифей, ведущий деятель, глашатай ( доктрины, движения и т. п. ) the high priest of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HIGH PRIEST — 1) первосвященник, верховный жрец 2) корифей, ведущий деятель, глашатай
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HIGH PRIEST — 1. первосвященник; верховный жрец 2. корифей, ведущий деятель, глашатай ( доктрины, движения и т. п. ) the ~ of modern …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HIGH PRIEST — 1. первосвященник; верховный жрец 2. корифей, ведущий деятель, глашатай ( доктрины, движения и т. п. ) the high priest of …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HIGH PRIEST — первосвященник
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HIGH PRIEST — первосвященник
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HIGH PRIEST — 1) первосвященник, верховный жрец 2) корифей; ведущий деятель, глашатай ( доктрины, движения ) David Beckham, the high priest of metrosexuality …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HIGH PRIEST — 1) первосвященник, верховный жрец 2) корифей; ведущий деятель, глашатай (доктрины, движения) David Beckham, the high priest of metrosexuality — Дэвид Бекхем, корифей …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HIGH PRIEST — _n. 1> первосвященник; верховный жрец 2> корифей, ведущий деятель
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HIGH PRIEST — n. 1. первосвященник; верховный жрец 2. корифей, ведущий деятель
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HIGH PRIEST — 1) первосвященник, верховный жрец 2) корифей, ведущий деятель, глашатай первосвященник; верховный жрец корифей, ведущий деятель, глашатай (доктрины, движения и т. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRIEST — Priest:(Papaz) ( n) ( plural priests ) 1.ordained person: an ordained minister, especially in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Eastern …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
PRIEST — prestro, clerico (-acho, -allia), sacerdote (-al)
English interlingue dictionary
PRIEST — (Noun) pari
English-Visayan vocabulary
PRIEST — noun see: presbyter Date: before 12th century one authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion especially as a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HIGH — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) high blood pressure Aswan High Dam High Commission Court of High Court of Admiralty …
Английский словарь Британика
PRIEST — I. ˈprēst noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English prest, preist, from Old English prēost, modification of Late Latin presbyter, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIGH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRIEST — (v. t.) To ordain as priest.
Английский словарь Webster
PRIEST — ( v. t. ) To ordain as priest.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRIEST — — priestless , adj. — priestlike , adj. , adv. /preest/ , n. 1. a person whose office it is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGH — /huy/ , adj., higher, highest , adv., higher, highest , n. adj. 1. having a great or considerable extent or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGH — I. ˈhī adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hēah; akin to Old High German hōh high, Lithuanian kaukaras hill …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRIEST — vt to ordain as priest. 2. priest ·noun a presbyter elder; a minister. 3. priest ·noun one who is authorized …
Webster English vocab
HIGH — vi to hie. 2. high ·noun the highest card dealt or drawn. 3. high ·noun people of rank or high …
Webster English vocab
PRIEST — [priest] n [ME preist, fr. OE preost, ultim. fr. LL presbyter--more at presbyter] (bef. 12c): one authorized to perform the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIGH — [high] adj [ME, fr. OE heah; akin to OHG hoh high, Lith kaukaras hill] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having large …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRIEST — (from Greek presbyteros: "elder"), in some Christian churches, an officer or minister who is intermediate between a bishop and a …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRIEST — priest BrE AmE priːst ▷ priests priːsts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HIGH — high BrE AmE haɪ ▷ higher ˈha ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈhaɪ‿ ə r ▷ highest ˈha ɪ ‿ɪst əst ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRIEST — / priːst; NAmE / noun 1. a person who is qualified to perform religious duties and ceremonies in the Roman …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGH
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIEST — priest W3 /priːst/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: preost , from Late Latin presbyter , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIGH — I. high 1 S1 W1 /haɪ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative higher , superlative highest ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRIEST — n. 1 an ordained minister of the Roman Catholic or Orthodox Church, or of the Anglican Church (above a deacon …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIGH
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRIEST — n. 1 an ordained minister of the Roman Catholic or Orthodox Church, or of the Anglican Church (above a deacon …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIGH
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRIEST — n.1 an ordained minister of the Roman Catholic or Orthodox Church, or of the Anglican Church (above a deacon and …
Oxford English vocab
HIGH
Oxford English vocab
PRIEST — ( priests) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A priest is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGH
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRIEST — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES high priest ▪ the high priest of modern jazz woman priest/doctor etc (= a priest …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRIEST — [noun] [C] - a person, usually a man, who has been trained to perform religious duties in the Christian Church, …
Cambridge English vocab

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