Gethsemane

noun

Geth·​sem·​a·​ne geth-ˈse-mə-nē 

1

: the garden outside Jerusalem mentioned in Mark 14 as the scene of the agony and arrest of Jesus

2

: a place or occasion of great mental or spiritual suffering

Word History

Etymology

Greek Gethsēmanē

First Known Use

circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1