the.com/high priest

The one person allowed to talk to God without an appointment.

means The top religious official in a hierarchy, historically the chief officiant of a temple's rites, and now also used loosely for the leading authority or most devoted champion of any field or belief.

from Straightforward compound of 'high' (supreme in rank) and 'priest' — the latter tracing back through Old English 'preost' to Late Latin 'presbyter' and ultimately Greek 'presbyteros,' meaning 'elder.' The title itself translates ancient offices like the Hebrew 'kohen gadol,' the single figure permitted into a temple's innermost sanctum on the holiest day — so the word has carried the weight of singular, exclusive access since its earliest use.

job security
often hereditary, passed down like a cursed family business
wardrobe
breastplate had twelve gemstones, basically divine bling
risk level
enter the holy of holies wrong, die on the spot
modern echo
every org has one guy who alone can access the server
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