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- proper noun The most
sacred place within a sacred building. - proper noun informal, humorous One's private
retreat orsanctum .
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Briefly, what is meant by the term Holy of Holies is that spiritual Law which will never be modified, altered or abrogated; and the Holy City means the material Law which may be abrogated; and this material Law, which is described as the Holy City, was to be trodden under foot for twelve hundred and sixty years.
Some Answered Questions 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882
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He speaks of only two inner compartments, which he calls the Holy of Holies (_Nanga tambu-tambu_) and the Middle Nanga (_Loma ni Nanga_), but the latter name appears to imply a third compartment, which is explicitly mentioned and named by Mr. Fison.
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897
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Between this veil and the bars of the screen before the Holy of Holies was a space large enough to stand in.
The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954
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The Holy of Holies was the sacred part of the Temple, in which the
Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4) Anonymous
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The Holy of Holies was the dwelling-place of the Most High, never to be trodden, never to be seen, except upon the rarest occasions, by mortal man.
Christmas Light Ethel Calvert Phillips
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Theologian of a truth says [2048], "Thus, then, the Holy of Holies, which is completely veiled by the Seraphim, and is glorified with three consecrations, meet together in one lordship and one divinity."
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One is the fundamental basis which comprises all spiritual things — that is to say, it refers to the spiritual virtues and divine qualities; this does not change nor alter: it is the Holy of Holies, which is the essence of the Law of Adam,
Some Answered Questions 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882
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Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies,
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This is the same as saying: when you feel love for God, the Holy of Holies feels it and gifts you with more love.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Antiochus outlawed Jewish worship and defiled the Holy of Holies, prompting even the most accommodating Jews to rise up against him.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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