Hypepriest

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A celebrity priest or pastor who dresses fashionably; a hypebeast priest. neologism

    "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."

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"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."

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).

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