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Mercy seat

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Noun
  1. 1
    The lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned; taken to represent the throne in heaven. Judaism

    "And thou shalt make a Mercieseat of pure gold: two cubites and a halfe shalbe the length thereof, and a cubite and a halfe the breadth thereof."

  2. 2
    the golden covering of the ark of the covenant wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of mourners' bench.
  4. 4
    the throne of God wordnet

Etymology

From mercy + seat, after German Gnadenstuhl, translating Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kappóreth) (= Hellenistic Greek ἱλαστήριον (hilastḗrion) (Septuagint)/Latin propitiatorium (Vulgate)).

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