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Sacred Places Alph sacred river in Xanadu. [Br. Poetry: Coleridge “Kubla Kahn”] shrine sacred to Apollo and site of temple and oracle. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 274] river sacred to the Hindus, who are freed from sin by bathing in it. [Hinduism: Brewer Dictionary, 385] oracle consulted by Panurge to ascertain whether he should many. [Fr. Lit.: Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel] central shrine at Mecca. [Islamic Religion: Brewer Dictionary, 513] holy city where Muhammad was born. [Islamic Religion: Brewer Dictionary, 596] holy city to which Muhammad fled from Mecca. [Islamic Religion: Brewer Dictionary, 596] the mountain of salvation where the Holy Grail is guarded by knights. [Ger. Opera: Wagner Parsifal in Benét, 761] in Italy, sacred to the cult of Diana and site of human sacrifices. [Rom. Myth.: EB, XVI, 211] sacred well in Mecca where Hagar revived Ishmael. [Moslem Tradition: Brewer Dictionary, 969] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| And have not errors and abuses crept into the most sacred places, and may there not be unworthy or incapable missionaries abroad,as well as ecclesiastics of similar character at home? The contamination of her crime spread out, tainted the universe, tainted himself; woke up all the dormant infamies of the world; caused a ghastly kind of clairvoyance in which he could see the towns and fields of the earth, its sacred places, its temples and its houses, peopled by monsters--by monsters of duplicity, lust, and murder. |
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