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Aaronic
[ ai-ron-ik, a-ron- ]
adjective
- of or relating to Aaron.
- pertaining or belonging to the order of Jewish priests descended from Aaron.
- of the second, or lesser, order of priesthood in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Aaronic
/ ɛəˈrɒnɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to Aaron, his family, or the priestly dynasty initiated by him
- of or relating to the Israelite high priesthood
- of or relating to the priesthood in general
- Mormon Church denoting or relating to the second order of the Mormon priesthood
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Abraham, bearing the whole Aaronic hierarchy potentially within him, defers to Melchizedek as to his greater.
There are two classes of priesthood: The Melchizedek and the Aaronic.
It concludes with a splendid paraphrase of the Aaronic benediction.
He could not be a priest on earth, because the Aaronic priesthood was then in force, and He was not of the Aaronic family.
The Aaronic priesthood includes (beginning with the lowest) the offices of deacon, teacher, priest, and bishop.
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