Zadokite
Definition of Zadokite
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1 : a Zadokite priest
2 : a member of the Zadokite sect
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Origin and Etymology of zadokite
Zadok, high priest of Israel during the reign of King David + English -ite
Zadokite
Definition of Zadokite
1 : of or relating to Zadok or a line of priests of the highest rank descended from him the Zadokite priesthood
2 : of, relating to, or constituting a Jewish rigorist sect seceding from Orthodox Judaism and settling in Damascus in the second century b.c.
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