单词 | aaronic |
释义 | Aaronicadj. Of or relating to Aaron or the order of priesthood which he is taken to represent; Levitical. Also: characteristic of or relating to a high priest. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > deacon > Levite > [adjective] Levitical1535 Aaronical?1549 Aaronic1652 1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris 300 An holy Priest, one descended of the Aaronick line. 1693 H. Hody Case of Sees Vacant ii. 20/2 Zadok was..acknowledged as the true Aaronick High-priest. 1747 T. Podmore Layman's Apol. xxi. 146 S. Paul, in describing the superior excellency of our Lord's priesthood above the Aaronick, introduces him as addressing his Father. 1768 W. Abernethy-Drummond Remarks upon 2nd Pt. Princ. 6 Eli had..got possession of the high-priesthood, on account of some legal or moral disqualification in the eldest branch of the Aaronic family. 1829 Blackw. Mag. June 789 I..saw several men of the highest eminence sporting beards Aaronic. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iii. i. 142 John..one of the last representatives of the Aaronic priesthood. 1911 L. Cohen Reminisc. of Kimberley 63 The great envy of some Aaronic gents..who daily watched us through a telescope from a neighbouring mound. 1938 M. S. Enslin Christian Beginnings ii. 17 The revolt was successful, with the altar reconsecrated and worship restored under a high priest of undoubted Aaronic descent. 1984 E. F. Rhodes tr. P. E. Lapide Hebrew in Church v. 149 The service closed with the Aaronic blessing (‘The Lord bless you and keep you..’) in Hebrew, Arabic, English, and French. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1652 |
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