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Webster 1913 Edition
Shekinah
She-ki′nah
,Noun.
[Heb Talmud
shekīnāh
, fr. shākan
to inhabit.] The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; – a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians.
[Written also
Shechinah
.] Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)