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Meaning of mercy seat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned; taken to represent the throne in heaven.
    Judaism
  2. Synonym of mourners' bench.

Equivalents

Suomi armonistuin

Examples

“And thou shalt make⟳ a Mercieseat of pure gold: two cubites and a halfe shalbe the length thereof, and a cubite and a halfe the breadth thereof.”
“The greatest mystery of Religion is expressed by adumbration, and in the noblest part of Jewish Types, we finde the Cherubims shadowing the Mercy-seat.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

mercyfuck merd merdaughter merde Merdeka Merdeka Day

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