a territory regarded as sacred or having special religious significance for a particular group.
the Holy Land, the area corresponding to ancient Palestine, containing sites of special religious significance to Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
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Bushwick, the borough’s holy land for warehouse raves and dive bars, voted for Zohran by a 66 point margin.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2025
Chanting the Hebrew prayer for peace, they bowed toward a knitted white-and-blue sign in Hebrew spelling “Jerusalem,” which pointed them in the direction of their holy land.
From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2022
"I never believed I would visit the holy land," said Francisca Teresinha de Jesus Fernandes Farias, 85, from Brazil.
From Reuters • Apr. 10, 2022
It may be a soulless landscape to some, but in Southern California, to its pilgrims, a house of one’s own is a holy land indeed, even to this day.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2021
Each of us stands in a peculiar relation to a holy land.
From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon
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