ark of the covenant

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   (Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments

   SynonymsArk

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   Judaism

Questions about ark of the covenant

What does ark of the covenant mean?

ark of the covenant means "(Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments".

What is another word for ark of the covenant?

Close synonyms include Ark. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ark of the covenant a common word?

ark of the covenant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.