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New Jerusalem

American  

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the abode of God and His saints; heaven.


New Jerusalem British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of New Jerusalem

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

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In the 1970s, we see the idea of New Jerusalem becoming an inner state.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

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

Get me out of here,’ ” said Yawa Ague, 31, a mother of seven who spent weeks at New Jerusalem several years ago.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2015

Our Bahais further tell us that the "New Jerusalem," the new heaven and the new earth, mean the new dispensation, the new laws of Baha.

From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Wilson, Samuel Graham

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