Every day I encounter an unfamiliar term
Quote:Jerusalem syndrome
PRONUNCIATION:
(ji-ROOS-uh-luhm SIN-drohm)
MEANING:
noun: A phenomenon in which a visitor to a holy place suffers from religious psychosis, such as believing him- or herself to be a messiah.
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I'd think of a temple or cathedral such as might be found in that city, a round top of course to suggest "dome," and peeping in a window or opening I see folk copulating psychotically (in "syn")
Do you like to learn a new word and how do you remember it
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