How to Use high priest in a Sentence

high priest

noun
  • At times, the high priest would turn to the Urim v’Tumim for advice.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Vestals accused of breaking that oath were judged by the high priest of Rome.
    — Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2020
  • As a teenager, Rachel falls in love with Elazar, rakish son of the high priest.
    — Joshua Max Feldman, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
  • But, there are plenty of fashion gods — high priests and priestesses — who disagree with me.
    — Ellen Warren, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
  • But he's learned to work with the Jewish chief priests and the high priests to keep order among the people.
    — Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The high priest’s authority was even greater than that of the Zapotec king.
    — Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The rite ended with the high priest giving the royal cheek the hardest possible slap.
    — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
  • The high priests of culture — in media and entertainment — are in lockstep with her.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2019
  • Ryan Speedo Green sounded fuller and more opulent as the high priest, Oroe.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2018
  • For the high priest wearing the Urim v’Tumim, this message is critical.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The king would also be surrounded by high priests on rafts who would throw in gold jewelry as an offering to the gods.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The high priest had to work double duty leading the prayers and making sure the monkeys didn’t steal our belongings!
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Each Jew was represented when the high priest entered the Ark of the Covenant.
    — Rabbi Ashley Englander, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The high priest of Goth advanced menswear to a new level, mixing grunge, sportswear and urban uniforms.
    — Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Abel advanced in the priesthood, eventually holding the office of high priest.
    — Mica McGriggs, Teen Vogue, 11 July 2018
  • That day, my father took a bus ride to visit my grandfather, a high priest in Ijebu Igbo.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Bass Simon Kim had a stately vocal presence as the high priest Ramfis.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
  • There are very few, though, who can justifiably claim to have had a greater impact on the game than the man widely regarded as the high priest of pressing.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • The Zoroastrian high priest responded by stirring a pinch of sugar into the milk without spilling a drop.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • If Carmel is a holy site for enthusiasts of fine-art photography, then Taylor is one of its high priests.
    — Wallace Baine, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2018
  • The locals know it as the sacred place where ancient kahuna po'o (high priests) meditated and received wisdom.
    — Sunny Fitzgerald, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Davis never managed that with LaVey, a lament the high priest would carry until his death in 1997.
    — Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
  • But on the whole these teenagers were calm amid the provocations and far less incendiary than the adults who taunted them and the progressive high priests who denounced them.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2019
  • Rafael Nadal, the high priest of hitting the ball incredibly hard all of the time, is among those who have called the move downright disrespectful.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The high priest of attacking soccer was in Burnley last weekend, clinging to a 1-0 lead, when his faith began to crack.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 3 May 2019
  • As an act of consecration and setting aside, the anointing of kings was in many ways comparable to the ordination of high priests.
    — Town & Country, 7 May 2023
  • Coatl flees to Tenochtitlan to warn King Moctezuma and his high priest, Yoka, of looming danger.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 13 June 2022
  • Hayom writes that Kool and other experts say the coin may have been minted by the temple’s high priest out of high-grade silver stored at the religious site.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Eventually, Danielle would anoint Chaney the role of high priest, according to Sharonda.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
  • Among the highlights, Hamilton, a lifelong Catholic, notes that years later his son would convert to Mormonism and rise to a high priest.
    — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2020

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