GOING TO JERUSALEM

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated

Synonyms:

going to Jerusalem; musical chairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("going to Jerusalem" is a kind of...):

child's game (a game enjoyed by children)

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