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Hierei
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Term used to denote the priests(
) in the constitution of the Jewish community in Rome. Even so late as the fourth century of the common era they had a distinct position in the religious life of the community, and ranked higher than the archisynagogi, as may be seen from one of the novels of Justinian ("Codex Theodosianus," 16:8).
Bibliography:- Vogelstein and Rieger, Gesch. der Juden in 1:143.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Hierei'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/h/hierei.html. 1901.