Ark
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- A large box with a flat lid.
- The ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
- Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge
Ark is a Latin-based word that means a "box" or container. Ark may refer to:
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Religion
- Ark (synagogue), a cabinet used to store a synagogue's Torah scroll
- Ark of the Covenant, the consecrated container for the tablets of the Ten Commandments
- Ark of bulrushes, the boat of the infant Moses
- Noah's Ark, according to Abrahamic religions, a large boat built by Noah to keep him safe, together with his family and a core breeding stock of the world’s animals
- Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic), called the New Ark of the Covenant by Christians of the Catholic tradition
- Russian Ark
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