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Meanings of sacred precinct in English

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Usage of sacred precinct in English
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The sacred precinct was crowded with women waiting to observe the custom.
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
2
All day long was there crowd and festival within the sacred precinct.
Eleanor
3
In this sacred precinct, the mother's chamber, lies the heart of the family.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 / A Magazine ...
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Nefertiti presides from the temenos of power, a sacred precinct she can never leave.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
5
Run to hide in a sacred precinct or temple?
Night of Knives
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The flowery town of Pyrasus-thewheat-town,-anancient place in Thessaly, is her sacred precinct.
Greek Studies: a Series of Essays
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You violate the sacred precinct of rational Representation.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
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This was the sacred precinct of the chosen athletes, and it was not open to any others.
The Young Pitcher
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Inside that sacred precinct he knew he could never enter; that wine-press she intended to tread alone.
The Tides of Barnegat
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The temple grounds sloped upward, and as we entered the sacred precinct, the crowds had to remain outside.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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No weapons would be allowed into the sacred precinct, but for now they could have their swords at the ready.
Helen of troy
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But Sary flounced back to the kitchen sending an angry glance over her shoulder before she entered that sacred precinct.
Polly of Pebbly Pit
13
There is in that depraved soul at least one sacred precinct where this hunted, distracted, youthful head may find sanctuary.
Oswald Langdon / or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1...
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The blinds were always down, and her barefooted tribe was never permitted to enter the sacred precinct save on state occasions.
Martin Eden
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The other is a sacred precinct shielded from vulgar eyes and intrusive feet, and bears the name "Forbidden City."
The Awakening of China
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Toko crossed the sacred precinct with a few inaudible words of muttered charm, to save the Taboo, as prescribed in the mysteries.
The Great Taboo
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