antistes

antistes itis, m and f

ante + STA-, an overseer of a temple, high-priest, priest of a rite or a god: caerimoniarum: sacri eius, L.: Iovis, N.: sacrorum, Iu.— Fem . (for antistita): adsiduae templi antistites, unremitting attendants at , L.— Meton., a master : artis dicendi.