Crossword Genius

High priest, maybe, that keeps rejoicers oddly suppressed (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theocrat

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(Other definitions for theocrat that I've seen before include "One involved in government by religious leaders" , "Deified ruler" , "Roman emperor, for example" , "priest-in-charge" , "Moses, for example" .)

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