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Sacred place

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(Civil Law) the place where a deceased person is buried.

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]--at which time Helena came and built a church upon Calvary to commemorate the death and burial of the Lord and preserve the sacred place in the memories of men; since that time there has always been a church there.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
He would think that the sacred place had become infamous, and would flee.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
This summer, finding myself once more in the sacred place where the first thought of 'Zarathustra' flashed across my mind, I conceived the second part.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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