holy city

noun

: a city that is the center of religious worship and traditions

Examples of holy city in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Khamenei went on to pursue theology, a path that led him to the holy city of Qom to study under — and build relationships with — ultra-conservative religious clerics. —Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026

The younger Khamenei was born in the holy city of Mashhad in Iran’s northeast in 1969 as the family’s second-oldest son. —Patrick Sykes, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026

The goal of the strike in the holy city of Qom was to destroy the building rather than kill the 88 religious scholars who make up the assembly, the Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added. —Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 3 Mar. 2026

Iran's Fars news agency said strikes hit buildings in the capital Tehran and the holy city of Qom, but that the Tehran site had been evacuated and the Qom building was no longer in use. —CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for holy city

• fugacity
• intercity
• lubricity
• rhythmicity
• seismicity
• sphericity
• subcommittee
• tendinitis
• atomicity
• catholicity
• ellipticity
• historicity