An enclosed space or yard within the limits of an oriental house, 2Sa 17:18. For the courts of the temple, seeTEMPLE. The tabernacle also had a court. All oriental houses are built in the form of a hollow spare around a court. SeeHOUSE.
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.