单词 | high priestly |
释义 | high priestlyadj. Of or relating to a high priest or high priests (chiefly in sense 1a); characteristic of a high priest. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > [adjective] spiritual1394 pontificalc1440 prelately?1548 high priestly1582 prelatical1614 Aaronical1620 prelatic1649 papa-prelatical1692 prelatial1721 monsignorial1876 1582 in Bible (Rheims) (Heb. v. 7) Annot. 610 That last point of his death, consisteth specially his high Priestly office, and the very worke and consummation of our redemption. 1603 R. Broughton 1st Pt. Resol. of Relig. ii. ii. 206 The most honorable ensigne of the high Priestly dignity should be kept in a moste secret and a defended place. a1679 M. Poole Annot. Holy Bible (1683) I. (Lev. xvi. 24) sig. Cc4v/2 The High-priestly garments were most proper for the latter part of his work. 1747 W. Moor Disc. conc. Priesthood Jesus Christ 100 The Jewish high-priestly office has always been supposed to consist of two parts, viz. to offer sacrifice, and to intercede for the people. 1799 R. Hill Jrnl. Tour North of Eng. & Scotl. 104 Not that the thunderbolt of their high-priestly indignation will be levelled directly against him. 1840 E. C. Gray Tour to Sepulchres of Etruria ix. 474 In the high priestly families the right of primogeniture seems to have been equally exclusive. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist i. §5. 41 Authority..concentrated in high-priestly hands. 1920 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics XI. 43/2 The descendants of Zadok, who then filled the high-priestly office, identified themselves with Hellenism. 1967 C. J. Bleeker Egyptian Festivals v. 121 The official demonstration of the high-priestly investiture took place by performing the second ritual. 2000 A. E. Harvey in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 565/2 Jesus could similarly be represented as a high priest, indeed as the destined fulfilment of all high-priestly language in the OT. Compounds high-priestly prayer n. Christian Church (a name given to) the prayer of Jesus after the Last Supper (John 17), in which he asks God to glorify him and consecrate his followers. ΚΠ 1754 Coll. Hymns Children of God in All Ages (Moravian Church) 48/1 (heading) Jesus' s High-priestly Prayer (John xvii.). a1755 J. Cennick Twenty Disc. (1770) I. 10 This then is the High-priestly Prayer and general Intercession of our Chief-priest and Bishop Jesus. 1875 W. B. Pope Compend. Christian Theol. v. 355 The high-priestly prayer was His self-consecration to the sacrificial office of His life upon earth. 1994 Faith Today Jan. 29/2 Christians cannot, it is argued, take the high-priestly prayer of Jesus in John 17 seriously and still justify the divisions that exist among believing Christians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1582 |
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