jerusalem
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | national capital, |
| definition | : | the capital city of a nation (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | holy sepulcher, holy sepulchre, |
| definition | : | the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | temple of jerusalem, temple of solomon, |
| definition | : | any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | calvary, golgotha, |
| definition | : | a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | sion, zion, |
| definition | : | originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | wailing wall, |
| definition | : | a wall in Jerusalem; sacred to Jews as a place of prayer and lamentation; its stones are believed to have formed part of the Temple of Solomon (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | israel, sion, state of israel, yisrael, zion, |
| definition | : | Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine (noun.location) |
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