jerusalem or its people
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The city of David stood on Mount Zion. In Pilgrim's Progress Bunyan calls the Celestial City (i.e. Heaven) Mount Zion.
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 “jerusalem or its people” mean?
The city of David stood on Mount Zion. In Pilgrim's Progress Bunyan calls the Celestial City (i.e. Heaven) Mount Zion.
Is “jerusalem or its people” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.