Kohen Gadol

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Kohen Gadol

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From Hebrew כהן גדול.

noun Kohanim Gedolim

Judaism The high priest. This utterance was originally a response by the people when they heard the Tetragrammaton from the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) on Yom Kippur and every day on Birkat Kohanim.

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@misc{kohen_gadol_2026,
  title = {Kohen Gadol},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kohen%20gadol},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}