Grove of trees of special religious importance to a particular culture.
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Examples for "sacred grove"
Examples for "sacred grove"
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But the ancient notion of the sacred grove has far more resonance.
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It said, It is night in the sacred grove, son of Maugrim.
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The warriors would not permit Skylan to walk to the sacred grove.
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As you can guess, the woods were the sacred grove of Ares.
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They entered the sacred grove with feet bound together, in token of submission.
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The tiny flames flickered, faded, then burst anew, snaking through the sacred wood.
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In the fourth line appeared the word "luco", which means a sacred wood.
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What connection could there be between ice, sir, anger, cruel, sacred wood, changing, mother, are, and sea?
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As maple was the sacred wood in the Roman ritual, maple only was used for the holy fire.
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On the fateful day she accompanied him to the forest to gather the sacred wood for the evening sacrifice.
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This is an iconic tree; a sacred tree protected under the...Treaty of Waitangi.
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They also walk in procession round the banyan or sacred tree.
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Don't play tag among the thousand spinning knives of your people's sacred tree.
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Angry to see the sacred tree thus injured, he rose to prevent it.
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Some translate it as being a sacred tree cut down before a war.
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It appeared he could divine a thesis at any sacred forest.
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Yet even in the free, sacred forest we find same splendid examples of the humor of the police.
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Their columns, the ideal type of a sacred forest, with its roof of interwoven tracery, admitted the light and wind.
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Residing in this sacred forest that is known by the name of Naimisha, ye are foremost of all persons conversant with the Vedas.
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Once again, while Brahman was engaged in a sacrifice on the sacred forest of the Himavat mountains, the adorable Sarasvati, summoned (by him), appeared there.
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Even such is that sacred forest that is understood by Brahmanas, and understanding it, they live (in accordance with the ordinance), directed by the Kshetrajna.'"'"
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In northern Ethiopia, churches are fighting to protect their sacred forests.
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You can find out more about Ethiopia's sacred forests by listening to the World Service's Heart and Soul programme here.
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In a little hollow at our feet was the sacred Forest of Cedars, appearing like a patch of stunted junipers.