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Definition of "high-priesthood" [high•-priest•hood]

  • The office, dignity, or position of a high priest. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "high-priesthood" in a sentence
  • "Luke refers to the “high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas” as if they held joint office—indicating just how much control the father-in-law wielded Luke 3:2."
  • "Truly who could have said that health was not disordered and a cure not required in the case of men who went up and down the camp, suing already for the consulship and office of praetor, while Spinther, Domitius, and Scipio made friends, raised factions, and quarrelled among themselves, who should succeed Caesar in the dignity of his high-priesthood, esteeming all as lightly, as if they were to engage only with"
  • "Study the priesthood, the high-priesthood of Jesus Christ, both the first and second part of it."