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Definition of ark
1a : a boat or ship held to resemble that in which Noah and his family were preserved from the Floodb : something that affords protection and safety
2a : the sacred chest representing to the Hebrews the presence of God among themb : a repository traditionally in or against the wall of a synagogue for the scrolls of the Torah
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The sitters look out mutely from Nelson’s ark, and scant concession is made to the fact of their contemporaneity.
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There are grapevines and cupids, as well as depictions of Noah and his ark, Daniel and the lions and Christ and his apostles.
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The ark will be on display, first in Moscow and later in St. Petersburg, until the end of July.
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In the three weeks since St. Nicholas came to Moscow, more than 300,000 people have stood in huge lines for up to 10 hours to visit a gilded ark thought to carry his bone fragments.
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The massive turnout to visit the bone fragments held in a gilded ark underline how strongly the Orthodox Church has become a part of Russians’ sense of themselves a quarter-century after the collapse of the officially atheist Soviet Union.
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Marsh is proudest of the ark's intricate family living quarters, which resemble a wealthy Middle Eastern retreat.
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Subsequent panes show Noah building the ark, loading animals, waves covering the earth and drowning the wicked, and Noah releasing a dove.
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In the Bible, God orders Noah to carry two of every living creature on his ark.
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A boat or ship held to resemble the one in which Noah and his family were preserved from the Flood is known as an ark. From this meaning comes the figurative meaning of ark as something that affords protection or safety. Ark is derived from the Latin word arca, meaning “chest,” which is akin to the Latin verb arcēre, meaning “to hold off or defend.” These Latin roots also gave us the use of ark to refer to the sacred chest representing to the Hebrews the presence of God among them and also to a repository that traditionally is in, or against, the wall of a synagogue for the scrolls of the Jewish Torah.
Origin and Etymology of ark
Middle English, from Old English arc, from Latin arca chest; akin to Latin arcēre to hold off, defend, Greek arkein, Hittite ḫark- to have, hold
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1 : the ship in which an ancient Hebrew of the Bible named Noah and his family were saved from a great flood that God sent down on the world because of its wickedness
2 : a cabinet in a synagogue for the scrolls of the Torah
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