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high place
noun
- (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
high place
noun
- Old Testament a place of idolatrous worship, esp a hilltop
Example Sentences
It was the night that dwellers in caves had watched from some high place among rocks.
For that, she did sacrifice her majority, but she will hold a high place in history.
As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
Adamov left the school with a gold medal and rose rapidly to a high place in the Ministry of Justice.
Until this card fever descended upon the town, it was generally regarded as occupying a high place among communities of its size.
When his father died, he returned to Virginia and inherited 25,000 acres, political supremacy and a high place in social circles.
In our "List of firms which must have a telegraphic address" Mr. Brown takes a high place.
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