ark

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

noun (Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments
noun a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood

From Middle English arke, from Old English earc, ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“to enclose”).

Roof open--like a Noah’s Ark. — Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Oh, Helen, here's the ark! — The Magic City, E. (Edith) Nesbit
Educated at Whitman College, Ark. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

Ark of the Covenant

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