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Za·dok·ite | \ ˈzādəˌkīt \
plural -s
Definition of Zadokite
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a Zadokite priest
2 : a member of the Zadokite sect
Zadokite
adjective\ " \
Definition of Zadokite (Entry 2 of 2)
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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