Jerusalem
[dʒe'ru:sələm]
Definition
(noun.) capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom.
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Definition
(n.) The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ.
Typist: Willie
Examples
- Bring out your vouchers, and don't talk Jerusalem palaver. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The crusade saved the principality of Antioch for a time, but failed to retake Jerusalem. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Christians lost Jerusalem again in 1244; it was taken from them very easily by the Sultan of Egypt when they attempted an intrigue against him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The pilgrims took what was left of the hallowed ruin, and we pressed on toward the goal of our crusade, renowned Jerusalem. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Where do you suppose new Jerusalem is, Uncle Tom? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I mistook the chapter, and book, and Testament--gospel for law, Acts for Genesis, the city of Jerusalem for the plain of Shinar. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was now a case of crusader against crusader; and in 1187 Jerusalem was retaken. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then for a week he taught in Jerusalem, surrounded by a crowd of followers who made his arrest by the authorities difficult. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was a man of enormous energy, and he taught at Jerusalem, Antioch, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, and Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He also restored the Jews to Jerusalem. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Prior Aymer also assented to the general proposition, observing, however, That the blessed Jerusalem could not indeed be termed a foreign country. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A fast walker could go outside the walls of Jerusalem and walk entirely around the city in an hour. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- No graven images could enter Jerusalem; even the Roman standards with their eagles had to stay outside. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In Rome, as in Jerusalem, he stood out manfully against the worship of any god-C?sar. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No landscape exists that is more tiresome to the eye than that which bounds the approaches to Jerusalem. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Rufus