holy place
Example Sentences
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Anthony Bourdain called the deli “a holy place for me.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
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
But when he stepped into Babb’s church his second weekend in Columbus, Stroud said, he fell on his knees and wept, overcome with emotion and the conviction he drew from being in a holy place.
From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2022
Realizing the depths of her faith, Freydís is sent by Estrid on a pilgrimage to Uppsala, a holy place for the pagans.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2022
“You asked us, the bogatyri, to make Kievan Rus’ a holy place.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
