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Jerusalemite

  • a word derived from Jerusalem.
    Jerusalem
    noun
    a 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).

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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

"I never go to the Wailing Wall to pray," admits one young secular Jerusalemite.

From Time Magazine Archive

“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

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