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.
      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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