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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
Levites - adjective
priestly
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Examples
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Let him drink and refresh himself, added he, turning towards the levitical butler, and then bring him into the hall.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Let him drink and refresh himself, added he, turning towards the levitical butler, and then bring him into the hall.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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The final weakness of the levitical priesthood was its time-bound, space-bound, infected-with-death priests.
THE NAMES OF JESUS RUBEL SHELLY 1999
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As powerful as it was in its own right and as symbolic as it was of the coming work of Jesus, however, the levitical priestly function begun with Aaron was not without some glaring problems.
THE NAMES OF JESUS RUBEL SHELLY 1999
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The final weakness of the levitical priesthood was its time-bound, space-bound, infected-with-death priests.
THE NAMES OF JESUS RUBEL SHELLY 1999
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As powerful as it was in its own right and as symbolic as it was of the coming work of Jesus, however, the levitical priestly function begun with Aaron was not without some glaring problems.
THE NAMES OF JESUS RUBEL SHELLY 1999
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The sons of Korah were also a levitical family of temple singers (II Par., xx, 19).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Whoever performed a priestly function in levitical uncleanness was to be expelled like one who entered the sanctuary after partaking of wine or other intoxicating drinks (Lev., x, 9; xxii, 3).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Par., together with the fact that it was he who instituted the solemn levitical cantilation of psalms in the presence of the Ark of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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(Palaestina ex monumentis veteribus illustrata, Utrecht, 1714, p. 870), take the word Iouda in this instance to be a proper name, and identify it with Jota or Jeta, a levitical town of Juda mentioned in the Book of Josue (Jos., xv, 55; xxi, 16).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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