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The priestly sash or girdle (Hebrew אַבְנֵט avnet) was part of the ritual garments worn by Jewish high priests who served in the Temple in Jerusalem. The "sash" or "girdle" worn by the High Priest was of fine linen with " embroidered work " in blue , purple and scarlet ( Exodus 28:39 , 39:29 ); those worn by the priests were of white ...
Priestly sash of the High Priest was of linen with "embroidered work" (Exodus 28:39); [5] sashes were made for other priests also. Priestly turban , according to Rabbinic literature that of the High Priest was much larger than that of the priests and wound so that it formed a broad, flat-topped turban; that for priests was wound so that it ...
Priests wore an ʿezor of linen known as a ephod. [3] If worn for mourning, it was called a saq. [3] The ʿizār worn by Muslims as an undergarment as part of the ihram clothing worn during the Hajj is a cognate of ʿezor; it is also a term still in use in Yemen.
The high priests before the Exile were apparently appointed for life; [75] in fact, from Aaron to the exile fewer high priests served than in the 60 years preceding the fall of the Second Temple. Josephus enumerates only 52 high priests under the Second Temple, omitting the second appointments of Hyrcanus II , Hananeel , and Joazar .
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Heathen priests among the pre-Christian Rus' people. Zhrets: Sacrificial and divinatory priests within the Slavic Religion: Gothi/Gythia A title sometimes used by adherents of Heathenism, referring to a priest or ceremonial leader. Witch (Ldy./Lrd.) A title used by someone who practices Witchcraft.
In the Catholic Church's Latin liturgical rites, the priests' stole represents priestly authority, while the diaconal stole (which is diagonally and conjoined at the side) represents service. In the Eastern Orthodox Church the symbolism is the same, though it also symbolizes particularly the anointing with oil which accompanies ordination, and ...
Following the Temple's destruction at the end of the First Jewish–Roman War and the displacement to the Galilee of the bulk of the remaining Jewish population in Judea at the end of the Bar Kochba revolt, Jewish tradition in the Talmud and poems from the period record that the descendants of each priestly watch established a separate residential seat in towns and villages of the Galilee, and ...