It is called a shrine.
For some people it is a sacred place.
They were setting foot on sacred, or holy, ground.
The Holy Bible.
The Holy Bible.
The sacred building of the Israelites was the Bait HaMikdash (Holy Temple).
The noun form for the adjective holy is holiness.
Holy book: the Torah Place of worship: synagogues Sacred place: the Holy Temple (which was destroyed by the Romans).
There are many sacred places for Hindus within the country. One of them is Varanasi (Benares). This place is considered holy because of the presence of the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple. This temple worships Lord Shiva. The holy river Ganga( Ganges) also flows through Varanasi.
There is no holy city of Buddhism. There are, however, four places that the Buddha recommended that his followers visit, namely, his birth place, where he woke up or became enlightened, where he gave his first sermon, and where he died. According to the Buddhist teaching (dharma), there is no place is that more holy or sacred than any other place. Each place is equally sacred. That is why there is no holy city of Buddhism.
Holy ground. Such as the ground a church is built upon. A sacred place.
The holy book , or gospel.
It is the holy cty of Mecca where the most sacred place of the Muslms, the holy Ka'abah is stuated.