ephod

American  

[ef-od, ee-fod] / ˈɛf ɒd, ˈi fɒd /

noun

Judaism.

1. a richly embroidered, apronlike vestment having two shoulder straps and ornamental attachments for securing the breastplate, worn with a waistband by the high priest of the ancient Israelites.

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ephod British  

/ ˈiːfɒd /

noun

1. Old Testament an embroidered vestment believed to resemble an apron with shoulder straps, worn by priests in ancient Israel

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Etymology

Origin of ephod

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew ēphōd, apparently meaning “idol” in some passages

Example Sentences

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ephod

If we have not the clerical mantle, or that of the temple, or the pontifical, do not the bells, the church, and the ephod remain to us?

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam

“For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a King, and without a Prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim.”

From Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study by Dwight Lyman Moody

And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall

He put on his surplice with the conviction that in that white ephod the truest embodiment of Christian purity was brought within sight of the darkened world.

From The Perpetual Curate by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

"Samuel," we are told, "being a child, was girded with a linen ephod," which appears to have been a close robe or vest reaching from the shoulders to the loins, and confined by a girdle.

From The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner