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TEMPLE OF SOLOMON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Temple of Jerusalem; Temple of Solomon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
synagogue; tabernacle; temple ((Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation)
Holonyms ("Temple of Solomon" is a part of...):
capital of Israel; Jerusalem (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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