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Wailing Wall

British  

noun

  1. another name for Western Wall

"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

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The comments section has become a sort of digital Wailing Wall for the country.

From New York Times Sep. 9, 2022

God, thirty-foot fountains, a faux Wailing Wall and a 4-D motion theater: Welcome to Legacy International Center, a $190-million Bible-themed resort in Mission Valley.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2019

Don’t I want to see the Wailing Wall and sleep toe-to-toe in a giant tent with a bunch of near-strangers?

From Slate Dec. 14, 2018

“There is a spirit which hovers over that wall ... like the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.”

From Washington Post May 23, 2017

Finally, he reached the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, and three days later he died while praying at the Wall for the Messiah to come and redeem his people.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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