sacred grounds
Consecrated land area
Sacred grounds are places considered holy or spiritually significant—sites where religious ceremonies occur, where important figures are buried, or where believers sense divine presence.
Churches, temples, cemeteries, and indigenous ceremonial sites all qualify.
The phrase often appears in disputes over land use: Developers want to build where tribes say sacred grounds lie.
Figuratively, sacred ground is any topic or territory considered inviolable: Don't criticize her children—that's sacred ground.
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
- templeSacred worship structure
- shrineSacred devotional place
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
resting place · consecrated · holy · ancestral · ancestral land · ritual · blessed · altar · sanctuary · pilgrimage · tomb · worship · spirits · reverence · ancient · forbidden · no trespassing · ceremonial
- Native Folklorecreation myth, creation story, thunderbird, windigo, spirit animal
- native spiritualitymedicine man, native rituals, vision quest, sweat lodge, medicine men
- historic placesghost town, old town, ancient city, colonial town, historic district
- burial customsburial, burial rites, burials, burial customs, tombs
- Disputed TerritoriesKashmir, Crimea, Taiwan, Kosovo, West Bank
- Native Sitespueblo, village, tipi, camp, cliff dwelling
sacred groundscommon land
Collectively held open ground
public land · commercial property · industrial site · wasteland · vacant lot
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