magupat

Zoroastrian priesthood

Learn about this topic in these articles:

In ancient Iran: Zoroastrianism
…its own mobed (“priest”; originally magupat, “chief priest”). At their head stood the mobedān mobed (“priest of priests”), who, in addition to his purely religious jurisdiction, appears, especially in later times, to have had a more or less decisive voice in the choice of a successor to the throne and…
Read More