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hierophant noun. L17.
[Late Latin hierophanta, -es from Greek hierophantes, from hieros (see HIERO-) + phan- base of phainein reveal: see -ANT1.]
Antiquities. An official expounder of sacred mysteries or ceremonies, esp. in ancient Greece; an initiating or presiding priest. L17.
gen. An expounder of sacred mysteries; an interpreter of an esoteric principle. E19.
M. Lowry What did..the hierophants of science know of the fearful potencies of..evil?
hiero'phantic adjective L18.