High Priest
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High Priest is an office in the Melchizedek Priesthood. Adam and all the patriarchs were high priests (D&C 107: 53; Abr. 1: 2).
Under the law of Moses the presiding officer of the Aaronic Priesthood was called the high priest. The office was hereditary and came through the firstborn among the family of Aaron, Aaron himself being the first high priest of the Aaronic order.
Currently in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) a High Priest is also a holder of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
