high place

American

noun

(in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.

high place British

noun

Old Testament a place of idolatrous worship, esp a hilltop

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high place

“It must have come from a very high place because nobody’s talking.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025

Fury, quite rightly, has a very high place in the list, the best of his generation, but Lewis was a giant.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2022

Fasting has a high place of prominence in numerous major world religions, as well as even more informal practices.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022

Woody Harrelson has a friend in a very high place.

From Fox News ● Sep. 29, 2021

And he dreamed that he was in a cold, high place, like a mountain.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

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