Meanings
plural Jerusalemites
- A native or resident of Jerusalem.
Thousands of Jerusalemites gathered on the battl4ements to gawp at this show, admiring 'the beauty of their armour and admirable order of the men.'
2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem1 more example
I say this because, according to the old Jerusalemites, the building blocks of the world and its inhabitants were formed of the alphabet at the back of God's tongue when He pronounced the world […].
2011, Sjón, translated by Victoria Cribb, From the Mouth of a Whale, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 13 - A residual mineral of the sands of Jerusalem, as with Trinitite.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem.
Origin
Translations
Arabic مَقْدِسِيّ, مَقْدِسِيّ
- مَقْدِسِيّ (maqdisiyy)of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- مَقْدِسِيّ (maqdisiyy)native or resident of Jerusalem
- مَقْدِسِيّة (maqdisiyya)native or resident of Jerusalem
Catalan jerosolimità, jerosolimità
- jerosolimitàof, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- jerosolimitànative or resident of Jerusalem
French hiérosolymitain, hiérosolymitaine
- hiérosolymitainof, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- hiérosolymitaineof, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- hiérosolymiteof, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- Hiérosolymitainnative or resident of Jerusalem
- Hiérosolymitainenative or resident of Jerusalem
- Hiérosolymitenative or resident of Jerusalem
German jerusalemisch, Jerusalemer
- jerusalemischof, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- Jerusalemerof, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- Jerusalem-of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- Jerusalemernative or resident of Jerusalem
- Jerusalemerinnative or resident of Jerusalem
Greek Ιεροσολυμίτης
- Ιεροσολυμίτης (Ierosolymítis)native or resident of Jerusalem
Hebrew יְרוּשַׁלְמִי, יְרוּשַׁלְמִית
- יְרוּשַׁלְמִי (yerushálmi)of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- יְרוּשַׁלְמִית (yerushalmit)of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- יְרוּשַׁלְמִי (yerushálmi)native or resident of Jerusalem
- יְרוּשַׁלְמִית (yerushalmit)native or resident of Jerusalem
Italian gerosolimitano, gerosolimitano
- gerosolimitanoof, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- gerosolimitanonative or resident of Jerusalem
Japanese エルサレムの イェルサレムの, エルサレム人
- エルサレムの イェルサレムの (Erusaremu no)of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- エルサレム人 (Erusaremu-jin)native or resident of Jerusalem
- イェルサレム人 (Yerusaremu-jin)native or resident of Jerusalem
Portuguese hierosolimitano, hierosolimita
- hierosolimitanoof, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- hierosolimitaof, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- jerosolimitaof, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- jerosolimitanoof, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- hierosolimitanonative or resident of Jerusalem
- hierosolimitanative or resident of Jerusalem
- jerosolimitanative or resident of Jerusalem
- jerosolimitanonative or resident of Jerusalem
Russian иерусали́мский, иерусали́мец
- иерусали́мский (ijerusalímskij)of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- иерусали́мец (ijerusalímec)native or resident of Jerusalem
- иерусали́мка (ijerusalímka)native or resident of Jerusalem
Spanish hierosolimitano, hierosolimitano
- hierosolimitanoof, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
- hierosolimitanonative or resident of Jerusalem
- jerosolimitanonative or resident of Jerusalem
Turkish Kudüslü
- Kudüslünative or resident of Jerusalem
Cite this entry
Jerusalemite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerusalemite
“Jerusalemite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerusalemite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jerusalemite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerusalemite.
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