TEMPLE OF SOLOMON

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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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