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
"I never believed I would visit the holy land," said Francisca Teresinha de Jesus Fernandes Farias, 85, from Brazil.
From Reuters ● Apr. 10, 2022
There is the holy city of Brahma-puri, where resides Brahma with his court in the most pure and holy land of Ilavratta.”
"We need peace in the Holy Land," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
The first Bible to include a map of the Holy Land appeared in 1525, exactly 500 years ago.
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
The calls were only one manifestation of Francis’ concern for people in the Holy Land on both sides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
As they marched to the Holy Land, Christians noticed “certain ripe plants which the common folk called‘honey cane’ and which were much like reeds....
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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