Olives
Mount of, a small ridge E of Jerusalem, in what is now Jordan. Highest point, 2,737 feet (834m).
- Also Ol·i·vet [ol-uh-vet, -vit]. /ˈɒl əˌvɛt, -vɪt/.
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How to use Olives in a sentence
She has eyes like black Olives and shoulder-length brown hair.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey just hung around the Mount of Olives evangelizing themselves.
Up To A Point: My Problem With People Who Agree With Me | P. J. O’Rourke | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe remembers the house where she lived with her family and the garden where they grew tomatoes, lemons and Olives.
The Little Syrian Girl With a Bullet in Her Head | Gregory Beals | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTPalestinians and their Israeli and international allies are routinely attacked while attempting to harvest Olives.
Settler Violence: Think of It Like Burning Down a Jewish Business | Edo Konrad | October 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe eat dinner—maybe pasta with black Olives and a salad—and watch a movie.
Arrived in the valley of Josaphat, the body was gently placed in a sepulcher of stone not far from the Garden of Olives.
Mary, Help of Christians | VariousWe had sandwiches and chicken salad and Olives and three kinds of cake and ice cream for refreshments.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) PorterGrain and grapes and Olives furnished subsistence for all who did not live to eat.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonThe best oil was made from Olives not fully ripe, but the largest quantity was yielded by the ripened fruit.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonSarelli, who sat on her right hand, seemed to partake of little except Olives, which he dipped into a glass of sherry.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories | John Galsworthy
British Dictionary definitions for Olives
/ (ˈɒlɪvz) /
Mount of Olives a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one
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