כְּהוּנָּה, 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 Rabbi’s 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.