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# palanquin

noun (plural palanquins)

«palanquin» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A covered seat or bed on poles, carried on the shoulders of servants, used in old times to carry a rich lady or prince. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palanquin/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales and old stories a princess or lady is carried to the prince in a palanquin

### Examples

- They were to dress her and bring her to him in the palanquin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palanquin/#x1)
- The prince took his finest palanquin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palanquin/#x2)
- The palanquin arrived with the gardener's daughter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palanquin/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Song of Songs, it is King Solomon's royal carrying chair, made of cedar from Lebanon.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the Song as a love story between God and Israel, and Solomon's palanquin as the Tabernacle or Temple.

### Examples

- King Solomon made himself a palanquin of the wood of Lebanon. (Writings SNG.3.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/palanquin/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «palanquin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palanquin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«palanquin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/palanquin.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «palanquin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/palanquin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«palanquin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/palanquin.html) on Mova free.