mysteriarch

noun

mys·​te·​ri·​arch

-rēˌärk

plural -s

: one that presides over mysteries

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin mysteriarches, from Late Greek mystēriarchēs, from Greek mystērion mystery + -archēs -arch

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