Usually means: Desecration causing desolation, prophesied event.
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  1. Desolation, Abomination of: Dictionary.com
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  3. Abomination of Desolation, Abomination of desolation: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. Desolation, Abomination of: Easton Bible
  2. Abomination of Desolation: Smith's Bible Dictionary

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▸ noun:  "Abomination of desolation" is a phrase from the Book of Daniel describing the pagan sacrifices with which the 2nd century BC Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes replaced the twice-daily offering in the Jewish temple, or alternatively the altar on which such offerings were made.


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