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 Joncs.Jordeloo (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Jordan Passed.
 
Death over. Jordan is the Styx of Christian mythology, because it was the river which separated the wilderness [of this world] from the promised land.   1
       
“If I still hold closely to Him,
       
What hath He at last?
       
Sorrow vanquished, labour ended,
       
Jordan passed.”
       
John Mason Neale, D.D. (Stephen the Sabaite).
 


 Joncs.Jordeloo (3 syl.). 

 
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