hiero-, hier- +

1. Someone who shows or reveals sacred things.
2. The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion.
3. In ancient Greece, an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
4. Any interpreter of sacred mysteries or esoteric principles; a mystagogue.
5. Someone who interprets and explains obscure and mysterious matters; especially, sacred doctrines or mysteries.
6. An interpreter of events: someone who explains or comments about everyday matters.

1. Of or belonging to a hierophant or hierophants or their teachings; such as, someone who shows or reveals sacred things.
2. Resembling or characteristic of a presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion.

Sexual arousal from sacred objects.

1. An abnormal fear of holy people or sacred objects.
2. A morbid fear of sacred or religious objects or clergymen.

Having morbid fear of religious objects or rituals, clergymen, or places of religious worship.

This nomenclature ("sacred lizard") is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Nodosaurus. Named by G. R. Wieland in 1909.

1. Divination by examining the entrails of animals and, even humans, to foretell the future.
2. Divination by inspecting and interpreting the entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.

A receptacle for sacred objects.

Someone who treats people who have diseases with the use of prayers and religious practices.

Treatment of disease by prayer and religious practices.

A sacred or holy work or worship.

Relating to sacred rites.

Sacred work or performance.