verb · a senior or highly respected member of a profession or academic circle

他在史学界地位崇高，被誉为当今学术界的祭酒。

verb · an important government post in imperial China, such as the head of the Imperial Academy (Guozijian)

韩愈曾担任过国子监祭酒一职。

verb · to offer a libation or the person who performs the libation before a banquet

在古代宴席开始前，常由尊者祭酒以祭祀神灵。