Desolation

·noun A place or country wasted and forsaken.

II. Desolation ·noun The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

III. Desolation ·noun The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.

Desolation, Abomination of
(Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14; comp. Luke 21:20), is interpreted of the eagles, the standards of the Roma...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Abomination Of Desolation
Mentioned by our Saviour, (Matthew 24:15) as a sign of the approaching destruction of Jerusalem, wit...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary