Western Wall

noun

1. a wall in Jerusalem where Jews, on certain occasions, assemble for prayer and lamentation: traditionally believed to be the remains of the western wall of Herod's temple, destroyed by the Romans in a.d. 70.

Western Wall

noun

1. Judaism a wall in Jerusalem, the last extant part of the Temple of Herod, held sacred by Jews as a place of prayer and pilgrimage Also calledWailing Wall

Example Sentences

He will then visit the Western Wall and lay a wreath at the Holocaust memorial at Mount Herzl.

From The Daily Beast

Survey released ahead of Tisha B'Av also finds Western Wall still considered Judaism's holiest site.

From The Daily Beast

I agree, for instance, that the Western Wall “should never have been turned into Israel's Great Synagogue.”

From The Daily Beast

Even if that experience takes place a few feet away from the Western Wall proper, it may be an experience well worth having.

From The Daily Beast

And American Jews respond to that message—it makes them want to go put on a prayer shawl at the Western Wall in protest.

From The Daily Beast

There was no one to be seen, but beyond the western wall there sounded cries and moaning wails that made Octavia tremble.

From Project Gutenberg

Above the house, in the south-western wall of this excavation, are the ruins of the southern wall of the Temple of Athena.

From Project Gutenberg

The western wall is far more impressive from within the church than from without, and shows the Early English style at its best.

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The walls of the eastern room were well finished, and, except the western wall, in fairly good preservation.

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In the western wall there are two similar openings, and there is one each in the northern and southern walls.

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