Definition of Temple of jerusalem

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Temple Of Solomon
Generic synonyms: Synagogue, Tabernacle, Temple
Group relationships: Capital Of Israel, Jerusalem

Lexicographical Neighbors of Temple Of Jerusalem

Telugu
Temminck's tragopan
Temminck's tragopans
Temnospondyli
Tempe
Tempean
Temperance
Temperate Zone
Templar
Templars
Temple Mount
Temple in Jerusalem
Temple of Apollo
Temple of Artemis
Temple of Heaven
Temple of Jerusalem
Temple of Solomon
Templetonia
Templetonia retusa
Tempra
Temuco
Ten Commandments
Tenda
Tenebrae
Tenebrionidae
Tenebrist
Tenerife
Teng Hsiao-ping
Teng Hsiaoping
Tengmalm's owl

Literary usage of Temple of jerusalem

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"God is the author of the Mosaic law; he is an enthusiastic admirer of the Temple of Jerusalem, the Jewish land and people, and its holy laws and learned ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Temple of Jerusalem.—The word "temple " is derived from the Latin templum, signifying an uncovered place affording a view of the surrounding region; ..."

3. A General History of Rome from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of by Charles Merivale (1875)
"... with Palestine—Judaea finally annexed to the province of Syria— Caligula threatens to place his statue in the Temple of Jerusalem — Claudius humours the ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"Tie religion of Julian — Universal toleration — He attempts <o restore and reform the pagan worship — to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem — His artful ..."

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