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ZION |
Jerusalem |
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ARTICHOKES |
Vegetables, Jerusalem ... |
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ARTICHOKE |
See Jerusalem artichoke. |
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USA |
Nation at the heart of Jerusalem |
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TEMPLE |
The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of
Jehovah. |
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HADJI |
A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at
Jerusalem. |
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TOPHET |
A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley
of Hinnom. |
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CALVARY |
The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill
outside of Jerusalem. |
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SEA |
A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called
from its size. |
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SYNANTHROSE |
A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in
the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), in the
dahlia, and other Compositae. |
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PALM SUNDAY |
The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in
commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the
multitude strewed palm branches in the way. |
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JUDAIZER |
One who conforms to or inculcates Judaism; specifically,
pl. (Ch. Hist.), those Jews who accepted Christianity but still adhered
to the law of Moses and worshiped in the temple at Jerusalem. |
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ACELDAMA |
The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem,
purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and
therefore cal... |
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CATHOLICOS |
The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides
at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and
consecrates the ho... |
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HOSPITALER |
One of an order of knights who built a hospital at
Jerusalem for pilgrims, A. D. 1042. They were called Knights of St.
John of Jerusalem, and a... |
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TEMPLAR |
One of a religious and military order first established at
Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of
pilgrims and... |
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SANCTUARY |
The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called
the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into
which no perso... |
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GEHENNA |
The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the
Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account,
was afterward r... |
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SWEDENBORGIAN |
One who holds the doctrines of the New Jerusalem
church, as taught by Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish philosopher and
religious writer, who was b... |