tierra de promission

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • tierra de promision, tyerra de promyssion

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtjera de pɾomiˈsjon/

Proper noun

tierra de promission f

  1. (biblical) the Promised Land
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v:
      allẏ en ebrõ. vinierõ las eſpias. del deſierto de faram. a tierra de promiſſion. Caleph. ⁊ ioſue. eſſos .x. cõpãneros.
      [Allí en Ebron, vinieron las espías, del desierto de Faram, a tierra de promiſſion. Caleph e Josue, e sos diez companneros.]
      The spies went there, from the desert of Paran, to Hebron, the Promised Land. Caleb, Joshua and their ten companions.

Descendants

  • Spanish: tierra de promisión
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