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| ark |
see "ark of the covenant." [2/4 definitions] |
| holy of holies |
the inner chamber of the Jewish tabernacle and temple, that housed the ark of the covenant. [1/2 definitions] |
| Noah |
according to the Old Testament, the Hebrew patriarch who was commanded by God to build an ark on which to board his family and two of every kind of creature to save them from the great flood that was to engulf the world. |
| tabernacle |
(usu. cap.) the portable sanctuary containing the Ark of the Covenant, carried by the Jews in their wanderings in the desert. [1/3 definitions] |
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