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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest.
  • Mormonism The second-lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
  • 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.
  • Jesus Christ.

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