- a chief priest.
- (from Aaronic times to about the 1st century a.d.) the priest ranking above all other priests and the only one permitted to enter the holy of holies.
- a person in a high position of power or influence, especially one who is revered as a preeminent authority or interpreter: the high priest of the young painters.
- the priest of highest rank who alone was permitted to enter the holy of holies of the tabernacle and Temple
- a priest of the order of Melchizedek priesthood
- the head of a group or cult
