They were headed by the pontifex maximus (chief priest) who, from Augustus onwards, was always the emperor. The king of sacred things The rex sacrorum, meaning “king of sacred things” was a ...

Her grandfather belonged to the Tendai sect and served as “jushoku” (chief priest ... Eicho came to respect the high priest as a “living Buddha.” When she visited him in August 2009 ...

O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priests. Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their ...

The sacrifice also bestowed an elevated status on the chief's family and ... in this important event. Priests would then lead the grand procession to the designated high mountain.