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HOLY CITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Holy City mean?
• HOLY CITY (noun)
The noun HOLY CITY has 1 sense:
1. phrases used to refer to Heaven
Familiarity information: HOLY CITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Phrases used to refer to Heaven
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Celestial City; City of God; Heavenly City; Holy City
Context example:
the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's 'Pilgrim's Progress'
Hypernyms ("Holy City" is a kind of...):
Heaven (the abode of God and the angels)
Context examples
“And it is the dream of my heart that our English pennons shall wave upon the Mount of Olives, and the lions and lilies float over the holy city.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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