Palestine
['pælistain]
Definition
(noun.) an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism.
(noun.) a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948.
Edited by Jason--From WordNet
Examples
- Well, we were at home in Palestine. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Here the peerless Saladin met the Christian host some seven hundred years ago, and broke their power in Palestine for all time to come. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Palestine is no more of this work-day world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The bones of his gallant army have whitened the sands of Palestine. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- However, this was as good a road as we had found in Palestine, and possibly even the best, and so there was not much grumbling. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In Smyrna we picked up camel's hair shawls and other dressy things from Persia; but in Palestine--ah, in Palestine--our splendid career ended. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Then I shall go to Italy, Greece, Egypt, and Palestine, before the hot weather comes on. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The three Polos started by way of Palestine and not by the Crimea, as in the previous expedition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Dan was the northern and Beersheba the southern limit of Palestine--hence the expression from Dan to Beersheba. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Palestine is desolate and unlovely. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He preached, unmolested by the Moslems, be it noted, in Egypt and Palestine, though the Fifth Crusade was then in progress. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have already told the tale of Cnossos (Chapter XVII) and of the settlement of the kindred Philistines in Palestine (Chapter XXI, § 1). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The grotto was tricked out in the usual tasteless style observable in all the holy places of Palestine. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He also went to Palestine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Such is the sleepy nature of the population Palestine's only good seaport has now and always had. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The State of Missouri could be split into three Palestines, and there would then be enough material left for part of another--possibly a whole one. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Shelby