holy ground
Where divinity dwells
Holy ground is a place considered sacred or consecrated, typically because of its religious significance or association with divine presence.
The term appears in biblical contexts where God commands Moses to remove his sandals because he stands on holy ground.
More broadly, any location may be called holy ground if it holds deep spiritual or emotional significance: The battlefield had become holy ground for the families of fallen soldiers.
The phrase often implies that a place deserves special reverence or protection from desecration.
- shrineSacred devotional place
- templeSacred worship structure
- altarSacred ritual table
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
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- sacredsacred, sanctity, sacredness, holiness, divine
- sanctuariessanctuary, sanctum sanctorum, safe haven, haven, wildlife sanctuary
- church burialsburial rites, burial plot, churchyard, funeral mass, grave
- earth loreearth spirits, earth goddess, Mother Earth, Gaia, sacred earth
- sacred sitesBuddhist temples, Jerusalem, Hindu temples, sacred rivers, Mecca
- Tribal Spiritualityspirit animal, spirit animals, totem, totem poles, ancestor spirits