high place

noun

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

high place

noun

1. Old Testament a place of idolatrous worship, esp a hilltop

Example Sentences

He’s got friends in high places and they want to protect him.

From The Daily Beast

If you lose sight of the bat, look for it in high places such as your curtain rod, the top of a bookshelf, or a hanging light fixture.

From Popular-Science

At 42, he has experienced more hurt and loss in high places than most who spend a lifetime there.

From Outside Online

One fungus burns holes in flies’ bodies so spores will parachute down to infect flies below, while another fungus forces insects to go to a high place when they’re ready to die so that spores will rain from the air.

From Washington Post

It was the night that dwellers in caves had watched from some high place among rocks.

From The Daily Beast

For that, she did sacrifice her majority, but she will hold a high place in history.

From The Daily Beast

As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.

From Project Gutenberg

Adamov left the school with a gold medal and rose rapidly to a high place in the Ministry of Justice.

From Project Gutenberg

Until this card fever descended upon the town, it was generally regarded as occupying a high place among communities of its size.

From Project Gutenberg

When his father died, he returned to Virginia and inherited 25,000 acres, political supremacy and a high place in social circles.

From Project Gutenberg

In our "List of firms which must have a telegraphic address" Mr. Brown takes a high place.

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