Priests
group · 4 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
priests · Adhvaryu · Hotṛ · elected kings and priests · the blessed ones · the priests among you · the rulers of all the priests
spoken of as
1 expressionAdhvaryu and Hotṛ“priests”1 mention
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
Sixty and ninety snares are spread between the Adhvaryu-priest and Agni the Hotṛ.
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The Adhvaryu and Hotṛ, priestly officiants whose correct, non-exclusionary performance of the sacrifice is described as elevating it.
Sixty and ninety snares are spread between the Adhvaryu-priest and Agni the Hotṛ.
Here, O distributor, in the distribution of the oblation, let him not exclude the one entitled to a share, let him not harm him.
The Adhvaryu who, knowing the seven priestly offices, sacrifices in precedence of the Hotṛ and kindles the fire—he elevates the sacrifice and makes the offering non-violent;
Exordia
Athenian priests, invoked briefly as a point of comparison for the offhand way the speaker says magistrates are now appointed.
But now, men of Athens, you appoint your magistrates in exactly the same manner as you appoint your priests.
Orations
High priestly figures marked by crowns, purple, and long-haired attendants bearing frankincense.
And I say this not against all — for there are those who do the thing nobly and beneficially, to whom one ought to pour libations and burn incense — but those whom three or four long-haired men declare wise to you, like the priests among you;
Statesman
Those who, by law and custom, offer sacrifices and prayers to the gods on behalf of the community; described as proud and highly esteemed, and in Egypt and Athens closely bound to kingship.
For the bearing of the priests and prophets is indeed full of pride, and they win high esteem because of the magnitude of their undertakings.
And then, too, the priests, according to law and custom, know how to give the gods, by means of sacrifices, the gifts that please them from us and by prayers to ask for us the gain of good things from them;
Y. Soc. At least they seem to be so.