holy placen.
A place that is holy; a sanctuary. spec.
a. The outer chamber of the sanctuary in the Jewish tabernacle and temple, separated by a veil from the ‘most holy place’ or ‘holy of holies’.
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1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. ix. 25 The hye prest entreth in to the holy place every yeare with straunge bloud.
1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxvi. 33 The Vaile shall diuide vnto you, betweene the holy place and the most holy. View more context for this quotation
b. plural. (See quot. 1856.)
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society > faith > worship > pilgrimage > [noun] > place to which pilgrimage is made > collectively
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1758 (title) Travels through Egypt, Turkey, Syria, and the Holy Land; containing..A Description..4. Of the Holy Land, particularly of Jerusalem and the Holy Places.
1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine 431 What are technically called ‘the Holy Places’. By this term are meant not the scenes of sacred events, taken generally, but such special localities as the Greek or Latin Church, or both cojointly, have selected as objects of pilgrimage.
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