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CITY OF GOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does City of God mean?
• CITY OF GOD (noun)
The noun CITY OF GOD has 1 sense:
1. phrases used to refer to Heaven
Familiarity information: CITY OF GOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Phrases used to refer to Heaven
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Celestial City; City of God; Heavenly City; Holy City
Context example:
the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's 'Pilgrim's Progress'
Hypernyms ("City of God" is a kind of...):
Heaven (the abode of God and the angels)
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