HEIROPHANT

PRONUNCIATION: (HY-uhr-uh-fant, HY-ruh-)

MEANING: noun:
1. An interpreter of sacred mysteries or esoteric knowledge.
2. One who explains or provides commentary on complex or obscure topics.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hiero- (sacred, priestly) + -phant (one who shows). Earliest documented use: 1676.
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HEIR TO pH: ANT - the Formicidae had a prehistoric progenitor who first produced formic acid in the species

THEIR "O'PHANT" - they had an ancestor, Patrick Phant, who founded the clan

HEIROPLANT - the Priests' potions were of vegetable origin