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
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
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
He graduated from the national police academy and requested a transfer to Palermo “because of what it represents” — a holy land in the fight of the state vs. the Italian mob.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2019
He told him with much emotion of the girl from the holy land.
From Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. by Hardenberg, Friedrich von
"We need peace in the Holy Land," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
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 Frick’s exhibition is drawn from the rarely seen Treasure of the Custody of the Holy Land, an institution established in 1309 to oversee Christian sites in Jerusalem and the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
In 1212, a French shepherd boy had a vision that the Holy Land could be recovered by innocent children.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
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