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A mobed or mobad is a Zoroastrian cleric of a particular rank. Unlike a ''herbad'' (''ervad''), a ''mobed'' is qualified to serve as celebrant priest at the Yasna ceremony. A ''mobed'' is also qualified to train other priests. In general (lay) use, the term is also used as an honorific to denote any priest, of any rank. For instance, Hormizd I appointed Kartir ''moabadan-moabad'', which is frequently translated as 'priest of priests', but more precisely indicates 'high priest of high priests'. The term 'mobed' is a contraction of Middle Persian ''magu-pati'', the first half of the expression apparently deriving from Avestan ''maga-'' or ''magu-'' (of uncertain meaning), and with Avestan ''-paiti'' meaning "master" or "teacher". Through Old Persian ''magush'' and Ancient Greek μάγος ''magos'', Old Iranian ''magu-'' is also identified as the origin of the Latin word ''magus'', a "magi''an''". Through the Greek adjective μαγικός ''magikos'' and Old French ''magique'', 'mobed' is distantly related to the English language word "magic". Zoroastrian priests in India are required to be male, but women have been ordained in Iran and North America as a mobedyar, meaning a woman mobed. ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mobad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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