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pastophorus
n. (context historical English) A type of priest in ancient Egypt, responsible for carrying holy shrines in official ceremonies or processions.
Usage examples of "pastophorus".
Go, while I undress, to the prophet Gagabu and beg him to send the pastophorus Teta, who usually accompanies me.
At this moment Pentaur came into the hall, and while he bowed easily and with dignity to the company and low before Ameni, he prayed him to grant that the pastophorus Teta should accompany the leech Nebsecht to visit the daughter of the paraschites.
There is hardly any end to the haruspices, the pastophori with the standards, the images of the Gods, and the flocks and herds for sacrifice.