ἀρχιερεύς: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=έως<b class="b3">, ὁ</b>: Ion. ἀρχῐέρεως, εω, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.37</span>, also in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>947a</span>: acc. pl. <b class="b3">ἀρχιρέας</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.142</span>:— <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">arch-priest, chief-priest</b>, ll. cc., freq. in Inscrr., νήσου <span class="title">OGI</span>93.3 (Cyprus), etc.: esp. in Roman provinces, of the Imperial cult, <b class="b3">ἀ. Ἀσίας</b> ib. 458.31, etc., cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>149.2</span> (i A. D.), etc.:—at Rome, = <b class="b2">pontifex</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Num.</span>9</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀ. μέγιστος</b>, = <b class="b2">pontifex maximus</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span>832, etc. (but <b class="b3">ἀρχιερεύς</b> alone, <span class="title">IG</span>7.2711, etc.):—at Jerusalem, <b class="b2">high-priest</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Le.</span> 4.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>26.3</span>, etc. (Spelt ἀρχι-ιερεύς <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.882 (Themisonium)).</span>

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