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mercy seat

mercy seat noun: the lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned; taken to represent the throne in heaven.

Noun

mercy seat (plural mercy seats)

  1. (Judaism) The lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned; taken to represent the throne in heaven.
    • 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 25:17
    • 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.1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 206
  2. Synonym of mourners' bench.
    Synonyms:
    mourners' bench

mercy seat meaning in Tamil

mercy seat in Tamil

கிருபாசனம்

Synonyms of mercy seat

Forms of mercy seat

pluralmercy seats

Origin of mercy seat

From mercy + seat, after German Gnadenstuhl, translating Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kappóreth) (= Hellenistic Greek ἱλαστήριον (hilastḗrion) (Septuagint)/Latin propitiatorium (Vulgate)).

Questions about mercy seat

What does mercy seat mean?
Mercy seat means the lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned; taken to represent the throne in heaven.
What is mercy seat in Tamil?
Mercy seat in Tamil is கிருபாசனம். See Mercy seat meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mercy seat?
Mercy seat is a noun.
What is the plural of mercy seat?
The plural of mercy seat is mercy seats.

Words near mercy seat in the dictionary

  1. mercy killings
  2. mercy me
  3. mercy rule
  4. mercy rules
  5. mercy sake's alive
  6. mercy seat
  7. mercy seats
  8. mercy-killing
  9. mercy-killings
  10. mercyfuck
  11. mercyfucks

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