כְּהוּנָּה

כְּהוּנָּהf. (b. h. כְּהֻנָּה; v. כֹּהֵן) priesthood, priestly privileges; priestly community. Ab. IV, 13. Sot.11b בתי כ׳ priestly families. Midd. I, 8, a. fr. פרחי כ׳ young priests (novices). Y.Ber.III, 6a bot.; Y.Naz.VII, 56a top אין כ׳ היום there is no priesthood to-day (the laws for priests are suspended on the day of Rabbis funeral). Tosef.Ḥall.II, 7, a. fr. כ״ד מתנות כ׳ twenty-four gifts of priesthood (priestly prerogatives). Keth.14a כשרה לכ׳ fit to marry into the priesthood; a. v. fr.