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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Going To Jerusalem
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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