ἱεροφάντης

A. hierophant, one who teaches rites of sacrifice and worship, ἱ. τῶν χθονίων θεῶν Hdt. 7.153; of the initiating priest at Eleusis, IG 12.76.24, al., Lys. 6.1, Is. 7.9, Plu. Alc. 33; at Rome,= pontifex, D.H. 2.73, 3.36; of the pontifex maximus, Plu. Num. 9; of the Jewish High Priest, Ph. 2.322; of Moses, Id. 1.117; later, mystical expounder, ἱ. τῆς τετρακτύος Hierocl. in CA 20p.466M.