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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The cabinet in a synagogue in which the scrolls of the Torah are kept.

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  • Here, in the little synagogue, years ago, my childish soul swept about with the angels I imagined were flying around the carved wings of the Holy Ark. Here, in the little synagogue, once on a time, with my father and all the other Jews, I prayed earnestly.

    Jewish Children 1859-1916 Sholem Aleichem 1887

  • Maybe I'm not hardcore enough, but I can only remember finishing one first-person RPG, and that was Shining the Holy Ark. And it was awesome.

    Verbal Spew jparish 2010

  • The Shining series comprises some of my favorite games of the 16 and 32-bit eras, and I've played and beaten Shining in the Darkness, Shining Force 1, 2, and CD, and Shining the Holy Ark. I own a copy of Shining Force III - the first part of the trilogy, anyway - but I never did get into it, the Saturn being in its twilight at the time, and I know nothing about the later PlayStation games.

    Anime Nano! 2009

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