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WAILING WALL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)
Holonyms ("Wailing Wall" 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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