high priest

DEFINITIONS OF: high priest

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English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954); Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros
prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517); John Henry 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
French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642); Desmond Tutu
South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931); James Ussher
Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656); William of 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
Polish prelate who persuaded the Soviet to allow greater religious freedom in Poland (1901-1981)

Type of:: priest
a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

“he's the high priest of contemporary jazz”

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