Ephod

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: eph=od

CIDE DICTIONARY

Ephod, n. [Heb. ''āphad to put on.].

 A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front.  Exodus xxviii. 6-12.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Ephod, n. a Jewish priestly vestment.

Etymology

ME f. Heb. ' ep{ocirc}d