high priesthood

noun

Origin of high priesthood

First recorded in 1525–35

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But Germond and his contemporaries were a better high priesthood than the priesthood we have now.
Jack Germond and the Old Days | Michael Tomasky | August 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
And he confirmed him in the high priesthood and all the honours he had before, and he made him the chief of his friends.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
Further, the idea of hereditary high priesthood, or family sanctity at any rate, is thoroughly congruous to Oriental thought.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. Wigram
Thus Jason stripped the high-priesthood of its sacred character and did what he could to stamp out Judaism.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4 | Various
The inference is that His high-priesthood has abolished the old covenant and ratified the new.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews | Thomas Charles Edwards

Then the high priesthood descended to each of his sons for the posterity of each.
Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel | Frank G. Allen

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