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melchizedek
/mɛlˈkɪzədɛk/
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What does melchizedek mean?
noun
- A very large champagne bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 30 liters, equivalent to 40 standard bottles.
proper noun
- A king and priest mentioned in the book of Genesis; contemporary of Abraham.
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Melchizedek, who was a priest of the most high God, blessed Abraham, who was a worshipper of the same Deity.
And behold, they did repent; and Melchizedek did establish peace in the land in his days; therefore he was called the prince of peace, for he was the king of Salem; and he did reign under his father.
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So, too, His priesthood does not consist in the outward display of vestments and gestures, as did the human priesthood of Aaron and our ecclesiastical priesthood at this day, but in spiritual things, wherein, in His invisible office, He intercedes for us with God in heaven, and there offers Himself, and performs all the duties of a priest, as Paul describes Him to the Hebrews under the figure of Melchizedek.