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Holy City

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Holy City: see Allahabad Allahabad (ăl'əhəbăd`, –bäd`), city (1991 pop. 844,546), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Varanasi Varanasi (vərän`əsē), formerly Benares
..... Click the link for more information. ; Jerusalem Jerusalem (jər`sələm, –zələm), Heb.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Mecca Mecca (mĕk`ə) or Makkah
..... Click the link for more information. ; Rome Rome, Ital. Roma, city (1991 pop. 2,775,250), capital of Italy and see of the pope, whose residence, Vatican City , is a sovereign state within the city of Rome. Rome is also the capital of Latium, a region of central Italy, and of Rome prov.
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Holy City
poetical name for heaven. [World Rel.: NCE, 1213]
See : Heaven
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At that date, the Mohammedan conqueror, Mahmoud of Ghizni, crossed India; seized on the holy city of Somnauth; and stripped of its treasures the famous temple, which had stood for centuries--the shrine of Hindoo pilgrimage, and the wonder of the Eastern world.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Simeon, Abel-Phittim, and Duzi-Ben-Levi were the Gizbarim, or sub-collectors of the offering, in the holy city of Jerusalem.
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``True, Reverend Sir Knight,'' answered the Palmer, to whom the appearance of the Templar seemed perfectly familiar; ``but when those who are under oath to recover the holy city, are found travelling at such a distance from the scene of their duties, can you wonder that a peaceful peasant like me should decline the task which they have abandoned?
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