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arimathea

/ˌæɹəməˈθiːə/

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proper noun

  1. (historical) A city of Judea, the reported home of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.

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/ˌæɹəməˈθiːə/

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The celebrated Abbey of Glastonbury in England possessed such a thorn-tree, said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, when he stuck it into the ground, in that part of England, which he is represented as having converted.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
And in midst of that church is a compass, in the which Joseph of Arimathea laid the body of our Lord when he had taken him down off the cross; and there he washed the wounds of our Lord.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782