holy place

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holy place - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  holy place
      n 1: a sacred place of pilgrimage [syn: holy place, sanctum,
           holy]

holy place - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Holy place
  one of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided
  (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It was 20 cubits long and 10 in
  height and breadth. It was illuminated by the golden
  candlestick, as it had no opening to admit the light. It
  contained the table of showbread (Ex. 25:23-29) and the golden
  altar of incense (30:1-11). It was divided from the holy of
  holies by a veil of the most costly materials and the brightest
  colours.
  
    The arrangement of the temple (q.v.) was the same in this
  respect. In it the walls of hewn stone were wainscotted with
  cedar and overlaid with gold, and adorned with beautiful
  carvings. It was entered from the porch by folding doors
  overlaid with gold and richly embossed. Outside the holy place
  stood the great tank or "sea" of molten brass, supported by
  twelve oxen, three turned each way, capable of containing two
  thousand baths of water. Besides this there were ten lavers and
  the brazen altar of burnt sacrifice.