holy place

Example Sentences

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"Hopefully they will not close Al-Aqsa again, and everyone will be able to come to this holy place —whether residents of Jerusalem or from the West Bank," said 30-year-old Mohammad Saaedeh.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Anthony Bourdain called the deli “a holy place for me.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

But many Hindus, especially in the so-called cow belt in the country’s north, just think it’s nice that Ram will finally have a temple in the holy place where he was born.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Parents dress their girls and boys in kimonos and bring them to a Shinto holy place for the ceremony.

From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2023

Toño is grateful also, I know, for on this slab of ancient wood, in this old and holy place, shoulders touching, I can feel my brother weeping.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads