Meanings
adjectivehierophantic (comparative more hierophantic, superlative most hierophantic)
comparative more hierophantic · superlative most hierophantic
- Of or relating to a hierophant.
Cease to strive. Peace of the druid priests of Cymbeline: hierophantic: from wide earth an altar.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 9]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἱεροφαντικός
- ἱεροφαντικός (hierophantikós)of or relating to a hierophant
French hiérophantique
- hiérophantiqueof or relating to a hierophant
Italian ierofantico
- ierofanticoof or relating to a hierophant
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