How do you use Arimathea in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Arimathea in a sentence
Arimathea meaning
A city of Judea, the reported home of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.
Using Arimathea
- The main meaning on this page is: A city of Judea, the reported home of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.
- In the example corpus, arimathea often appears in combinations such as: of arimathea, arimathea who, to arimathea.
Context around Arimathea
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Arimathea
- In this selection, "arimathea" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, society, style and acquiring stand out and add context to how "arimathea" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in the arimathea society at and joseph of arimathea acquiring the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "arimathea" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with arimathea
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The elders later discover that Joseph had returned to Arimathea. (10 words)
She was active in the Arimathea Society at St. Michael and participated in many parish activities. (16 words)
The musicians liked the long scarf wound around my head with a silken cord, Joseph of Arimathea–style. (18 words)
The legend that Joseph of Arimathea retrieved certain holy relics was introduced by the French poet Robert de Boron in his 13th-century version of the grail story, thought to have been a trilogy though only fragments of the later books survive today. (43 words)
In his verse romance Joseph d'Arimathie, composed between 1191 and 1202, Robert tells the story of Joseph of Arimathea acquiring the chalice of the Last Supper to collect Christ's blood upon his removal from the cross. (38 words)
In Robert de Boron 's Merlin, written around the 1190s, the wizard Merlin creates the Round Table in imitation of the table of the Last Supper and of Joseph of Arimathea 's Holy Grail table. (35 words)
Example sentences (10)
She was active in the Arimathea Society at St. Michael and participated in many parish activities.
The musicians liked the long scarf wound around my head with a silken cord, Joseph of Arimathea–style.
Development of legends collapsible Since the 2nd century, a mass of legendary detail has accumulated around the figure of Joseph of Arimathea in addition to the New Testament references.
In his verse romance Joseph d'Arimathie, composed between 1191 and 1202, Robert tells the story of Joseph of Arimathea acquiring the chalice of the Last Supper to collect Christ's blood upon his removal from the cross.
In Robert de Boron 's Merlin, written around the 1190s, the wizard Merlin creates the Round Table in imitation of the table of the Last Supper and of Joseph of Arimathea 's Holy Grail table.
The child Jesus was believed to have visited the Island with his uncle, Joseph of Arimathea, who traded with the Cornish tin traders.
The claim is based on dating the founding of the community of monks at AD 63, the year of the legendary visit of Joseph of Arimathea, who was supposed to have brought the Holy Grail.
The elders Annas, Caiaphas, Nicodemus, and Joseph himself, along with Gamaliel under whom Paul of Tarsus studied, travelled to Arimathea to interview Simeon's sons Charinus and Lenthius.
The elders later discover that Joseph had returned to Arimathea.
The legend that Joseph of Arimathea retrieved certain holy relics was introduced by the French poet Robert de Boron in his 13th-century version of the grail story, thought to have been a trilogy though only fragments of the later books survive today.
Common combinations with arimathea
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of arimathea 7×
- arimathea who 2×
- to arimathea 2×