💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hierophancy"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| hierophantnoun | An interpreter of sacred mysteries or arcane knowledge. |
| heirophantnoun | Misspelling of hierophant. [(Ancient Greece) An ancient Greek priest who interpreted sacred mysteries, especially the priest of the Eleusinian Mysteries.] |
| hieraciannoun | Of or relating to Hierax (ascetic). |
| hierographnoun | A sacred symbol. |
| ophiomancynoun | Divination using snakes. |
| hierodulenoun | (historical, chiefly Ancient Greece) A temple slave, often one performing religious prostitution. |
| thearchnoun | The ruler of a thearchy, a monarch of gods |
| hierotheca | — |
| heptarchynoun | A group of seven states, especially (historical) those in Anglo-Saxon Britain. |
| hieromnemonnoun | (historical, Ancient Greece) The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister. |
| phylenoun | (Ancient Greece) A local division of the people; a clan or tribe. |
| phylarchnoun | A tribal chief, magistrate, or other local ruler. |
| herotheismnoun | The worship of a human hero as a god. |
| high priestnoun | (religion) A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest. |
| hieracosphinxnoun | A mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon. |
| anaktoronnoun | (historical, Ancient Greece) A palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries. |
| pastophorusnoun | (historical) A type of lesser priest in ancient Egypt, originally serving as a doorkeeper to a temple. |
| astronomer-priestnoun | A leader in various ancient religions which worshipped heavenly bodies as gods and goddesses. |
| theographynoun | Writing about a god or gods. |
| heroheadnoun | (obsolete) herohood |
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