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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
Temple of Jerusalem
any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall • Syn: Temple of Solomon • Instance Hypernyms: synagogue, temple, tabernacle • Part Holonyms: Jerusalem, capital of Israel
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