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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Hierophant

/(hī̇*ĕr"ō̇*fant [or] hī"ẽr; 277)/ · Hi·er·o·phant · IPA /ˈhaɪəɹəˌfænt/
01 n. The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries;
  1. 1.
    The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries;
  2. 2.
    an advocate or spokesperson.
Syn. mystagogue.