New Jerusalem
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of New Jerusalem
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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The General Church of the New Jerusalem, a denomination of Swedenborgianism, often referred to as the New Church, runs an elementary school, high school, and college.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
At his party conference last year, Boris Johnson described how, in the depths of World War Two, the National Government had set out a vision for a New Jerusalem.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2021
Because it seems to me, specifically thinking about Edén and Old Joy and New Jerusalem, that there is such a thing as a Will Oldham film.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2016
And at midmorning, the New Jerusalem camp near Atakpamé, Togo, was all but deserted, the church’s members out working the surrounding fields.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2015
The description of the New Jerusalem to come, which is found at the beginning of this great poem, is the basis of all the modern religious poems on this subject.
From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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