Arimathea

Arimathaea

/ (ˌærɪməˈθiːə) /

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noun

a town in ancient Palestine: location unknown

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Words nearby Arimathea

ariki, aril, arillate, arillode, Arimathaea, Arimathea, Arimidex, Ariminum, Arion, ariose, arioso

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This place is supposed to stand on the site of Arimathea, and is marked as such in many of the maps.
A Ride across Palestine|Anthony Trollope
Our thoughts turn to the Sunday morning in the garden of Joseph of Arimathea, when the faithful women came to the rock-hewn tomb.
Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century|Estelle M. Hurll
They passed the night at Arimathea, a pretty village surrounded with gardens enclosed with hedges of prickly pear.
Lothair|Benjamin Disraeli
Christs by the thousands, who had found no Josephs of Arimathea to hide their defilement in garden-sepulchres.
The Kingdom Round the Corner|Coningsby Dawson

The story sprang from certain legends which had grown up about the name of Joseph of Arimathea.
Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion|Beatrice Clay

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