ephod

Noun.  (biblical, Judaism) A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28World_English%29/Exodus#Chapter_28 Exodus 28: vi - xxx], which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.

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