Jerusalemite
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a word derived from
Jerusalem.
Jerusalemnouna city in Israel: an ancient holy city and a center of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians, and Muslims; divided between Israel and Jordan 1948–67; Jordanian sector annexed by Israel 1967; Israel's capital since 1950 (but not recognized as such by the international community).
Example Sentences
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Israel Attar, a 50-year-old Jerusalemite, rubbed his reddened eyes after burying his 23-year-old nephew, an army lieutenant who was killed in the first hours of the Hamas assault.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
I dreamed that a plane landed in a cemetery in Texas and hordes of Jerusalemite children in little suits disembarked and were shown how people die in other countries.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2016
How must a Jerusalemite feel when he takes the No. 18 to work?
From Time Magazine Archive
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"I never go to the Wailing Wall to pray," admits one young secular Jerusalemite.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“O thou knower of former things!” mingled with curses hurled at the mule, or prayers that her back might be strengthened: being a Jerusalemite, he had not been accustomed to travelling of that description.
From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James