holy place
Britishnoun
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the outer chamber of a Jewish sanctuary
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a place of pilgrimage
Example Sentences
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Anthony Bourdain called the deli “a holy place for me.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
But there, amidst this holy place shining like a neon trailer park sign, something — a new wish — stirred inside me.
From Salon • May 13, 2023
The cross was then taken to the Hungarian village of Csatka, a holy place for Roma in Central and Eastern Europe, where a small chapel was built for it.
From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2023
The tour begins by walking across a bridge from the entry room into the temple — a symbol, church leaders said, of leaving the world behind to enter the holy place.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022
“You asked us, the bogatyri, to make Kievan Rus’ a holy place.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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