Aaronidn.adj.

1850 P. Power tr. M. Orsini Life Blessed Virgin Mary iv. 59 The stones of the rational, that brilliant and latest oracle in which God made known his will to the Aaronides [Fr. Aaronides], had lost their prophetic lustre, and no longer predicted either defeat or victory.

1897 Jewish Q. Rev. 10 83 Every distinction between Aaronides and non-Aaronides, as far as religious rites and duties are concerned, is consequently inadmissible, both in the religious cult and in life.

1941 L. Finkelstein et al. Relig. of Democracy i. 44 The Levites who are present in the synagogue then wash the hands of the Aaronids.

1982 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 101 183 Since Hebron was Judah's most significant cultic center and David's primary power base there, it would only make sense for one of his chief priests to be a Hebronite Aaronid.

2004 S. I. Johnston Relig. Anc. World 298/2 Eventually, one priestly house, the Aaronids, became preeminent, reducing all of their rival Levitic clans to a secondary, servile status.

1889 E. T. Bartlett & J. P. Peters Script. Hebrew & Christian II. ii. ix. 169 Aaronid Priesthood.—And of Aaron and his sons after him it was said: Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the responsibility of the sanctuary.

1908 S. Schechter Stud. in Judaism 2nd Ser. 29 The antagonism between the Priestly and the Kingly, or the Aaronide and Davidic families, had not quite died down even at this late period.

1971 Encycl. Judaica III. 19/1 That there were non-Aaronide priests, who were most likely incorporated into the Aaronide guild, may be inferred from the mention of priests prior to the Sinaitic revelation (Ex. 19:22,24).

2009 W. Kania Believable Bible vi. 107 The Redactor, the person who put the separate sources together was an Aaronid priest.