Definition of Going to Jerusalem

1. Noun. A child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated.

Exact synonyms: Musical Chairs
Generic synonyms: Child's Game

Lexicographical Neighbors of Going To Jerusalem

going on
going out
going over
going over like a lead balloon
going pear-shaped
going places
going poof
going postal
going rate
going snake
going so far as to
going steady
going the whole hog
going through with
going to
going to Jerusalem (current term)
going to bed
going to hell
going to sleep
going to the dogs
going together
going under
going up
goingover
goings
goings-on
goit
goiter
goiters
goitre

Literary usage of Going to Jerusalem

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The whole works of ... Jeremy Taylor, with a life of the author and a by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1856)
"Of Chrisfs going to Jerusalem to the passover, the first time after His manifestation, and what followed, till the expiration of the office of John, ..."

2. The New Palestine: An Authoritative Account of Palestine Since the Great War by William Denison McCrackan (1922)
"... CHAPTER I going to Jerusalem DUKING the winter of- the idea of going to Jerusalem on war relief and educational work was brought to my attention. ..."

3. Sacred Classics: Or, Cabinet Library of Divinity by Henry Stebbing, Richard Cattermole (1835)
"Of Christ's going to Jerusalem to the Passover the Jirst time after his Manifestation, and what followed till the expiration of the office of John the ..."

4. Public School Methods (1921)
"going to Jerusalem. In this game there should be one more child than there are seats to be used. This can be managed by marking in some conspicuous way the ..."

5. The Scale (or Ladder) of Perfection by Walter Hilton (1908)
"... how a Soul should behave herself in intending and working that will come to this Reforming, by example of a Pilgrim going to Jerusalem NEVERTHELESS, ..."

6. One Hundred and Fifty Gymnastic Games by Ethel Perrin, Boston Normal School of Gymnastics (1902)
"going to Jerusalem. Grade: Upper Primary, Grammar, High. ... going to Jerusalem in Gymnasium. Stools one less than the number of players are placed in a ..."

7. The Playground Book by Harry Sperling (1916)
"going to Jerusalem. Number of players; any number. As many seats are used as there are children playing, less one. The seats not used are designated by a ..."

8. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor...: With an Essay by Jeremy Taylor (1851)
"... honour and eternal adoration paid, with all sanctity, and joy, and eucharist, now and ft r ever. Amen. SECTION XI. Of Christ's going to Jerusalem to the ..."

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