The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jerusalem \Je*ru"sa*lem\ (j[-e]*r[udd]"s[.a]*l[e^]m), n. [Gr. 'Ieroysalh`m, fr. Heb. Y[e^]r[=u]sh[=a]laim.] The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ. Jerusalem artichoke [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e., sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.)
An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower ( Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used as food.
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One of the tubers themselves.
Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of two species of Solanum ( Solanum Pseudo-capsicum and Solanum capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of cherries.
Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot ( Chenopodium Botrys), common about houses and along roadsides.
Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family ( Phlomis tuberosa).
Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree ( Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for hedges.
The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.
Wikipedia
The New Jerusalem is a 1920 book written by British writer G. K. Chesterton. Dale Ahlquist calls it a "philosophical travelogue" of Chesterton's journey across Europe to Palestine.
The New Jerusalem is a work for brass band by the British composer Philip Wilby. It was commissioned by the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, and first performed by them at City Hall, Salisbury in April 1990.
The work was composed during the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. Wilby saw the Book of Revelation as forcefully reflecting the turbulence and optimism of contemporary political events. The title of the work is thus derived from Revelation 21:1-2, which is quoted at the top of the score:
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.Wilby saw his work as representing "a sure triumph of the human spirit over oppression, a sense of liberty and resurrection drawn out of sorrow and pain". The off-stage solo cornet fanfares and the dynamic nature of the composition as a whole are designed to convey this sentiment.