Olives

[ ol-ivz ]
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noun
  1. Mount of, a small ridge E of Jerusalem, in what is now Jordan. Highest point, 2,737 feet (834m).

  • Also Ol·i·vet [ol-uh-vet, -vit]. /ˈɒl əˌvɛt, -vɪt/.

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British Dictionary definitions for Olives

Olives

/ (ˈɒlɪvz) /


noun
  1. Mount of Olives a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one

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