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hypepriest

noun

Etymology

Blend of hypebeast (“a person obsessed about acquiring fashionable items, especially clothing and shoes”) + priest. Coined by GQ editor Sam Schube in 2017 referring to pastor Carl Lentz (see quotation).

  1. derived from prestre
  2. derived from πρεσβύτερος
  3. derived from presbyter
  4. inherited from preost
  5. inherited from prest
  6. compounded as hypepriest — “hypebeast + priest”

Definitions

  1. A celebrity priest or pastor who dresses fashionably

    A celebrity priest or pastor who dresses fashionably; a hypebeast priest.

    • The hipster pastor is dead, and into the void strides someone new. He's a man god-fearing and Fear of God-wearing in equal measure. Call him The Hypepriest.
    • [Chad] Veach, who was recently dubbed the "hypepriest", is matching his look in a long-sleeved T-shirt with a checkerboard design on the sleeve – merchandise from LA's Zoe Church, where Veach preaches and [Justin] Bieber attends.
    • The hypepriest phenomenon has also swept American Christianity, with the Instagram account @PreachersNSneakers tracking the hypebeast-level sneakers religious leaders are wearing.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA