the Holy Land

noun

: the area in the Middle East where the events of the Bible happened

Examples of the Holy Land in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Other Jews may think twice before migrating to the Holy Land. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 11 May 2024 Please pray for peace and justice in the Holy Land. Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024 In a 2007 case involving the Holy Land Foundation, CAIR was in fact named an unindicted co-conspirator alongside several other Muslim American organizations in what was then the biggest American terrorism money laundering case to date. Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 5 May 2024 That the conflict is taking place in what’s known as the Holy Land, a region fraught with overlapping significance for multiple religions, complicates the situation. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024 The Balfour Declaration, as it became known, was part of a strategic British plan to take the Holy Land from Ottoman dominion. Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024 East Palestine was christened by nineteenth-century settlers who wished to evoke the Holy Land. E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024 Gaza's people, including the small Christian community there, have been a source of constant concern for Francis, and Easter in the Holy Land overall was a somber affair this year given the war. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024 To Jewish people fleeing the European persecution that culminated in the Holocaust, settling in the Holy Land felt like coming home, to a region with deep religious and historical significance. Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024

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“The Holy Land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Holy%20Land. Accessed 16 May. 2024.

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