神殿裡真正的那一位
這一組是字面的用法：真的有一個人站在那個位置上。
noun · C1
The woman with the highest rank among the women who lead the worship of a religion. She leads the most important ceremonies and often speaks for the temple or the group.
女祭司長
核心畫面
One way to hold this phrase: a line of women who serve a temple, with one of them standing at the very front. Everything the phrase does can be seen as growing out of that one figure at the top — the one who opens the door, leads the ceremony and speaks for everyone behind her.
可以想成一排侍奉神明的女性站著，而其中一位站在最前面。她負責開門、主持儀式，也替後面所有人說話。這個詞的各種用法，都…更多收起
可以想成一排侍奉神明的女性站著，而其中一位站在最前面。她負責開門、主持儀式，也替後面所有人說話。這個詞的各種用法，都可以看成從「站在最前面的那一位」這個畫面長出來的。Two branches
某個領域裡被當成最高的那一位
把一個圈子（音樂、時尚、電影）想成一座廟，那麼最受崇拜的那位女性，就站在跟女祭司長一樣的位置上。這是比喻，不是說這個字的歷史真的走過這一步。
noun · C1
A woman that people treat as the leading figure in a kind of art, music, writing or style, because she is so admired that her way of doing it changes how other people do it too.
教母／代表人物