Kohen Gadol
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editKohen Gadol (plural Kohanim Gedolim)
- (Judaism) The high priest.
- 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer:
- 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.