Mount of Temptation

English

The Monastery of the Temptation halfway up the eastern face of the mountain

Alternative forms

Mount of the Temptation

Proper noun

Mount of Temptation

(Christian mythology) The supposed location of the Temptation of Christ in the early 1st century.
Jebel Quruntul, a mountain near Jericho traditionally associated with this event since at least the 4th century.

Synonyms

(both senses, all also with 'Mount'): Quarantine, Quarentena, Quarantania

Translations

Translations

Finnish: erämaa (fi) (location of fasting only)
Greek: έρημος (el) f (érimos) (location of fasting only)
Latin: (mons) Quarantina, Quarentena, Quarantania, Quarennia, Quarantana, Quaranta

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