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palanquin

noun (plural palanquins)

«palanquin» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A covered seat or bed on poles, carried on the shoulders of servants, used in old times to carry a rich lady or prince. tree →

In the lessons

in fairy tales and old stories a princess or lady is carried to the prince in a palanquin

Examples

  • They were to dress her and bring her to him in the palanquin. tree →
  • The prince took his finest palanquin. tree →
  • The palanquin arrived with the gardener's daughter. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

In Song of Songs, it is King Solomon's royal carrying chair, made of cedar from Lebanon.

Interpretation. Tradition reads the Song as a love story between God and Israel, and Solomon's palanquin as the Tabernacle or Temple.

Examples

  • King Solomon made himself a palanquin of the wood of Lebanon. (Writings SNG.3.9, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/palanquin/