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ephod
[ ef-od, ee-fod ]
noun
- a richly embroidered, apronlike vestment having two shoulder straps and ornamental attachments for securing the breastplate, worn with a waistband by the high priest. Exodus 28:6, 7, 25–28.
ephod
/ ˈiːfɒd /
noun
- Old Testament an embroidered vestment believed to resemble an apron with shoulder straps, worn by priests in ancient Israel
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Example Sentences
Ephod, a species of vestment worn by the Jewish high-priest over the second tunic.
The Ephod, of which we hear so often, was evidently at one time an idol.
After midnight every pedestrian becomes a simulacrum, wrapped in a black domino of mystery and a starry ephod of romance.
Vakass, va-kas′, n. a semicircular eucharistic vestment in Armenian use—also called Ephod.
Besides these, the high priest put on a third garment, which was called the Ephod, which resembles the Epomis of the Greeks.
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