宗教裡站在最高位的祭司
這一支就是畫面本身，字面照著用。
noun · B2
The priest with the highest rank in a religion. He leads the most important ceremonies, and in some religions he is the only one allowed to do certain holy acts.
大祭司
核心畫面
Picture a temple with many priests working in it, and one man standing above all of them. Some holy things only he may do, and only he may walk into the holiest room. Everyone else waits outside and follows what he says. That picture — one figure at the very top, with followers below — is the part that travels when the words leave the temple.
可以想成一座聖殿裡有很多祭司，而其中一位站在所有人之上。有些事只有他能做，有些地方只有他能進去。其他人在外面等著，照…更多收起
可以想成一座聖殿裡有很多祭司，而其中一位站在所有人之上。有些事只有他能做，有些地方只有他能進去。其他人在外面等著，照他說的做。這個畫面裡最關鍵的不是「他很資深」，而是「同一時間只有一個他」。等到這兩個字走出聖殿、用到藝術或思想上時，被帶走的也正是這個畫面：頂端一個人，底下一群跟隨者。Two branches
某個領域的教父
把一個領域看成一個信仰，站在頂端、別人跟著走的那個人，就借用了大祭司的畫面。這是用法上的比喻，不是在說這兩個意思誰先誰後。
noun · C1
Someone treated as the leading figure of an art form, a subject or a movement — the person whose work and ideas change how everyone else in it thinks and works.
教父／大師