Middle English Dictionary Entry
ēphōd n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ēphōd n. |
| Etymology | ML, from Heb. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A Jewish priest's outer vestment.
Associated quotations
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ex.25.7 : Onychen stoonus and gemmes to anowrn ephoth [WB(2): Ephod], that is, a preestis ouermest clothing, that we cleepen a coope.
- a1456(1429) Lydg.Mum.Goldsmiths (Trin-C R.3.20)55 : Dauid..lefft his ryaltee, With Ephod gyrt, lyche preestis of þe lawe.