New Jerusalem

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noun

the abode of God and His saints; heaven. Revelation 21:2.

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Also called Heavenly City, Celestial City.

Origin of New Jerusalem

First recorded in 1530–40

Words nearby New Jerusalem

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How to use New Jerusalem in a sentence

He thought God would drop a 1,000-mile high pyramid on Greenland, and form a “New Jerusalem.”
The Next Rand Paul?|Benjamin Sarlin, Samuel P. Jacobs|May 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST
In the top corner on the left is represented the New Jerusalem.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.]|H. J. L. J. Mass
Thou shalt ask, and it shall be revealed unto you in mine own due time where the New Jerusalem shall be built.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints|Joseph Smith
And ye shall hereafter receive Church covenants, such as shall be sufficient to establish you, both here and in the New Jerusalem.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints|Joseph Smith

There was a groom behind him, and another at the rubbing-post, all in livery as glorious as New Jerusalem.
A Laodicean|Thomas Hardy
One of his ideas was that America was to be the site of the New Jerusalem.
John Greenleaf Whittier|W. Sloane Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for New Jerusalem

New Jerusalem

noun Christianity

heaven regarded as the prototype of the earthly Jerusalem; the heavenly city

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