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zion
Part of speech: NounA hill in Jerusalem, the royal residence of King David and his successors and the seat of the temple; hence, the Church of God; the new Jerusalem, or heaven.
Usage examples "zion":- 13, 14. " Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; for the appointed time is come; for Thy servants delight in the stones thereof, and have pity on the dust thereof." - "Old Church Lore", William Andrews.
- It was the key to Zion! - "Jerusalem", Selma Lagerlöf.
- From this lowly, rude dwelling the songs of Zion ascended in grateful praise, floating out over the prairie and lingering in the branches of the old forest trees along the river until they fell upon the ear of the roaming savage, and arrested his careless footsteps. - "Thirty Years in the Itinerancy", Wesson Gage Miller.