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 Approximately 11% of the city's population is Christian, the highest in the Holy Land. Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 27 June 2024 The liberal Manhattan Democrat said Netanyahu has done more damage to his own people than anyone since a Jewish monarch of the Hasmonean dynasty who invited Roman invaders into the Holy Land to help him defeat an internal rebellion in the first century BC. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 May 2024 In 1964, Pope Paul VI began a visit to the Holy Land, the first papal pilgrimage of its kind. Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024 Ndayishimiye's support for Israel is connected to his family and faith's interpretation of biblical teachings about the Holy Land. Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 26 May 2024 This war that is occurring in the Holy Land, now, can put us back eight generations – eight generations of people hating, killing and enacting vengeance. A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 21 May 2024 The group’s sister fundraising organization, the Holy Land Foundation was designated a terror group in 2001, investigated by the FBI and indicted by the Department of Justice. Will Carless, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024 Looking to the future, rather than wanting to focus on the festival’s illustrious past, Farrell sees the quintessential revolutionary Lollapalooza as one that would occur in the Holy Land. A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 21 May 2024 Other Jews may think twice before migrating to the Holy Land. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 11 May 2024

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“The Holy Land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Holy%20Land. Accessed 14 Jul. 2024.

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