| Back | Gethsemane /geth-SEM-uh-nee/ |
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| Front | noun An instance or a place of suffering. [In the New Testament, Gethsemane was a garden near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, and the scene of Jesus’s agony and betrayal. Via Latin and Greek from Aramaic gat samne (oil press). Earliest documented use: 1901.] “She shared their troubles, and her courage and devotion provided a shield for them in the dark hours of their Gethsemane.” - Maude D. Petre; Alfred Loisy; Cambridge University Press; 2014. |
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