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Mishnayos Horayos Perek 3 Mishnah 2

הוריות פרק ג׳ משנה ב׳

2

In the case of an anointed priest who moved on from his anointment and thereafter sinned, and likewise the king who moved on from his prominence and thereafter sinned, an anointed priest brings a bull, which he would have brought while he was High Priest, and the status of the king is like that of a commoner [kehedyot].

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

ב׳
Bartenura

כהן משיח שעבר ממשיחותו וכו' – even though he does not perform [the Divine Service], he still remains in his holiness, for there is no difference between a Kohen who serves and a Kohen who has passed from service, other than the Divine Service and the bullock of Yom Kippur and one-tenth of an ephah that he offers on each day, as is mentioned further on (see Mishnah Horayot, Chapter 3, Mishnah 4; see also Mishnah Megillah, Chapter 1, the end of Mishnah 9).

כהן משיח שעבר ממשיחותו וכו׳ אע״פ שאינו עובד, בקדושתו הוא עומד. שאין בין כהן העובד לכהן שעבר, אלא עבודה ופר יום הכפורים ועשירית האיפה שמקריב בכל יום, כדלקמן. אבל נשיא כיון שהעבירוהו הרי הוא כהדיוט: