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English noun: Temple of Jerusalem

1. Temple of Jerusalem (artifact) 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


SynonymsTemple of Solomon


Instance hypernymsynagogue, tabernacle, temple


Part meronymcapital of Israel, Jerusalem









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