Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Gethsemane
get (-s, -ting, got, gotten)ghastly
Gethsemane, proper n. [L. < Gk < Aramaic gath shemani, oil-press.]
- Garden on the Mount of Olives; place where Jesus Christ atoned for the sins of mankind; place in Jerusalem where Christ was betrayed and arrested; (see Matthew 26:36).
- Scene of agony; circumstance of unimaginable pain; situation of extreme anguish.
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