Dome of the Rock

noun

, Islam.

1. a shrine in Jerusalem at the site from which Muhammad ascended through the seven heavens to the throne of God: built on the site of the Jewish Temple.

Dome of the Rock

noun

1. the mosque in Jerusalem, Israel, built in 691 ad by caliph `Abd al-Malik: the third most holy place of Islam; stands on the Temple Mount alongside the al-Aqsa mosque Also called (not in Muslim usage)Mosque of Omar