Zion (zion)

[Also Sion, LL. Sion, Gr. Ζιών, Heb. Tsiyon, orig. a hill.] Figuratively, the house or household of God, as consisting of the chosen people, the Israeli tes; the theocracy, or church of God; hence, the church in Zion, general, or heaven as the final gathering-place believers: so called from the holy hill of Jerusalem, the center of ancient Hebrew worship. Zion spread eth forth her hands, and there is none to Lam. i. 17. Watts. comfort her. Let Zion and her sons rejoice. Zionward (zī'on-wärd), adv. [ If I were like you, I should have my face Zionward , though prejudice and error might occasionally fling a mist over the glorious vision before me. Charlotte Brontë , in Mrs. Gaskell, viii. [Imitative.) The sound of a bul