ephod

How to use ephod in a sentence

• ephod, a species of vestment worn by the Jewish high-priest over the second tunic.

  The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Various

• The ephod, of which we hear so often, was evidently at one time an idol.

  The Evolution of Old Testament Religion | W. E. Orchard

• After midnight every pedestrian becomes a simulacrum, wrapped in a black domino of mystery and a starry ephod of romance.

  Just Around the Corner | Fannie Hurst

• Vakass, va-kas′, n. a semicircular eucharistic vestment in Armenian use—also called ephod.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various

• Besides these, the high priest put on a third garment, which was called the ephod, which resembles the Epomis of the Greeks.

  The Antiquities of the Jews | Flavius Josephus