Jerusalemite

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A native or resident of Jerusalem.

    "I say this because, according to the old Jerusalemites, the building blocks of the world and its inhabitants were formed of the alphabet at the back of God's tongue when He pronounced the world […]."

  2. 2
    A residual mineral of the sands of Jerusalem, as with Trinitite.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem. not-comparable

Synonyms

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Example

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"The Babylonian Talmud is considered more authoritative than the Jerusalemite Talmud."

Etymology

From Jerusalem + -ite.

Related phrases

Jerusalemite Orthodox ChurchNew Jerusalemite

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