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Hohepriester
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German
Alternative forms
de Hohe-Priester Hohe Priester with inflection of both parts
Etymology
From de hoch and de Priester.
Pronunciation
de De-Hohepriester.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m or (proscribed)
Hoher<+>priester<m>
high priest
Usage notes
The irregular declension of Hohepriester is proscribed nowadays. When the first part Hoh- is inflected too, it shall be spelled de Hohe Priester. In the 20th century before 1996, the irregular declension was still mentioned in dictionaries by Duden, e.g. in the 18th edition of Duden: Die Rechtschreibung from 1980 it is "Ho|he|lied das: Hohenlied[e]s; im Hohenlied[e]; in Salomo[n]s Hohemlied[e]; ein Hohe[s]lied der Kameradschaft" and "Ho|he|prie|ster der: Hohenpriesters, Hohenpriester; ein Hoherpriester, zwei Hohepriester".
Declension
regular declension
m
irregular declension (proscribed)
Hoher<+>priester<m>
Derived terms
de (das) Hohepriesterthum, de (ein) Hohespriesterthum obsolete
See also
de (der) Geheimerath, de (ein) Geheimerrath
de (das) Hohelied, de (ein) Hoheslied
de (die) Langeweile