Delectable Mountains
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
In Bunyan's Pilgrim' 's Progress^ a range of mountains from which the "Celestial City" may be seen. They are in ImmanueFs land, and are covered with sheep, for which Immanuel had died.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Delectable Mountains” mean?
In Bunyan's Pilgrim' 's Progress^ a range of mountains from which the "Celestial City" may be seen. They are in ImmanueFs land, and are covered with sheep, for which Immanuel had died.
Is “Delectable Mountains” formal or informal?
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