Meanings (ES + gloss)
hierofante
An ancient Greek priest who interpreted sacred mysteries, especially the priest of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
If books are as provocative as you suggest, one would expect every librarian to utter the shrill screams of a hierophant, to clash ecstatic castanets in his silent alcoves!
The exhibition of ancient statues, relics, and symbols, concealed from daily adoration (as in the Catholic festivals of this day), probably, made a main duty of the Hierophant.
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