单词 | sagan |
释义 | Sagann. Jewish History. The deputy of the Jewish high-priest; the second highest functionary of the Temple. In Biblical times this official seems to have been called ‘second priest’ (Hebrew kōhēn hammishneh): see Jer. lii. 24. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > various non-Christian superiors > [noun] > Jewish > deputy Sagan1625 1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron i. v. 21 The High-Priest and his Sagan, resembled our Bishop and his Suffragan. 1681 Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 27 With him the Sagan of Jerusalem, Of hospitable Soul and noble Stem. 1877 J. C. Geikie Life of Christ (1879) lx. 737 The ancient hierarchy as consisting of the high priest; his deputy, or Sagan: two suffragans of the Sagans, [etc.]. 1904 Jewish Encycl. VI. 390/2 Every high priest had a ‘mishneh’ (a second) called the Segan, or ‘memunneh’, to stand at his right. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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