holy land
noun
a territory regarded as sacred or having special religious significance for a particular group.
holy land
American
[hoh-lee land]
/ ˈhoʊ li ˌlænd /
noun
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a territory regarded as sacred or having special religious significance for a particular group.
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the Holy Land, the area corresponding to ancient Palestine, containing sites of special religious significance to Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Holy Land
British
noun
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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
Perhaps that’s because most of us will never scale the towering rock walls that make Yosemite the holy land for hard-core climbers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
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
Dubbed the "holy land of revolution" by KCNA, the northern alpine town of Samjiyon is near the border with China and Mount Paektu, the holy mountain where Kim's family claims its roots.
From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2022
Fate's unrelenting hand Long may divide us, Yet in one holy land One God shall guide us.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
One tourist from Russia, Angelica, is on her second pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
In medieval maps, the tribal divisions of the Holy Land symbolized spiritual inheritance for Christians.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025
The most remarkable aspect of the Treasure of the Custody of the Holy Land is that the extraordinary objects on view still exist, thanks to the Franciscans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
"The agreement to begin the peace process has given a spark of hope in the Holy Land," the US-born pontiff said at the end of Sunday's Angelus prayer.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2025
Let Israel be given a chance, let hatred and danger be removed from their horizons, and there will be peace in and around the Holy Land.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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