Antistes, antísticis, pen. cor. ab antiquo verbo Antisto, pro Antesto, quòd cæteris antester, Id est antecellat. Liu.A prelate or bishop.Antistes fani Dianæ.Liu. Antistites deorum. Cic.Perita deesser antistes. Val. Max. Antistites ceremoniarum & sacrorum.Cic.The chiefe maisters of ceremonies. Antistes, per translationem dicitur, qui in re alíqua excellit, atque principatum tenet.He that is chiefe or excellent in any science.Iuris antistes. Quint. Antistes artis. Cic.Sapientiæ antistes. Plin.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
antistĕs, ĭtis, m. and f. (fem. also antistĭta, ae, like hospita from hospes, sospita from sospes, clienta from cliens, Inscr. Orell. 2200; cf. Charis. p. 77 P.; Prisc. p. 650 P.) [antisto = antesto, q. v.; pr. adj., standing before], an overseer, president.I.Lit.A. In gen. (rare): vindemiatorum, Col. 3, 21, 6: imperii Romani, Tert. Apol. 1. —In fem., a female overseer: latrinarum, Tert. Pall. 4 fin.—Far more freq., B. Esp., an overseer of a temple, a high-priest: caerimoniarum et sacrorum, Cic. Dom. 39, 104; id. Div. 2, 54 fin.: Jovis, Nep. Lys. 3, 3; Liv. 9, 34; 1, 7: sacrorum, Juv. 2, 113.— In the O. T. simply a priest: et sanctificarentur antistites, Vulg. 2 Par. 29, 34.—In the Christian writers, a bishop, Cod. Just. 1, 3; 1, 18 et saep.—C. In fem., a female overseer of a temple, a chief priestess.— Form antistĕs: adsiduae templi antistites, Liv. 1, 20; so id. 23, 24; 31, 14: perita antistes, Val. Max. 1, 1, n. 1: templi aeditua et antistes pudicitia, Tert. Cult. Fem. 1.— Form antistĭta, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 10: Veneris antistita, Pollio ap. Charis. p. 77 P.; Att. ap. Non. p. 487, 19: fani antistitae, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 45; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 22: antistita Phoebi, i. e. Cassandra, so called as prophetess, Ov. M. 13, 410: Cybeles antistita, Verg. Cir. 166; Corn. Sev. ap. Charis. p. 77 P.—II.Trop., a master in any science or art, as in Engl. high-priest: artis dicendi antistes, Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 202: cultor et antistes doctorum virorum, Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 1: artium, Col. 11, 1, 10: sapientiae, Plin. 7, 30, 31, 110: philosophiae, Lact. 5, 2: juris, Quint. 11, 1, 69: justitiae, Gell. 14, 4: studiorum liberalium, Dig. 10, 46, 1.