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Meaning of high priest

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high priest

noun

Definitions

  1. A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.

  2. In the history of the Hebrew Testament (Tanakh), the male person who was responsible for making the annual sacrifice on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). Always a descendant of Aaron the older brother of Moses.

  3. Jesus Christ.

  4. The second-lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.