Tosefta for Horayot 3:2

כֹּהֵן מָשִׁיחַ שֶׁעָבַר מִמְּשִׁיחוּתוֹ וְאַחַר כָּךְ חָטָא, וְכֵן הַנָּשִׂיא שֶׁעָבַר מִגְּדֻלָּתוֹ וְאַחַר כָּךְ חָטָא, כֹּהֵן מָשִׁיחַ מֵבִיא פַר, וְהַנָּשִׂיא כְהֶדְיוֹט:

If the anointed priest was deposed from his (high-) priesthood and then he sinned; and, similarly, if a king was deposed from his kingship and then he sinned — the anointed priest brings a bullock [Even though he does not officiate he remains in his sanctity; for there is no difference between an officiating (high-) priest and a deposed (high-priest) but the (Yom Kippur) service and the Yom Kippur bullock and the tenth of the ephah, that is offered each day (as stated below), but a Nassi, once he has been deposed, is considered a commoner], and the Nassi is like a commoner.

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