holy city

noun

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

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The Fordow facility, considered ground zero of Iran's nuclear program, is built deep underground near the holy city of Qom and has been enriching uranium to 60 percent purity, approaching weapons-grade levels. Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025 One of its primary facilities is at Fordow, which is buried more than two hundred feet under the Zagros Mountains, near the holy city of Qom. Robin Wright, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 Muslim worshippers walk around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on June 13, 2024, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025 Set some 1,500 years ago, the drama revolves around a disgraced warrior who redeems himself by defending the holy city of Mecca from foreign raiders. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for holy city

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of holy city was in the 14th century

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“Holy city.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holy%20city. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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