Promised Land

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Promised Land.
   alt-of
2. The area historically known as Judea, which was promised to the Israelites by God according to oral tradition recorded in the Book of Genesis.
   Judaism
3. Any place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation.
   idiomatic, lowercase, sometimes
4. The United States of America.
   Mormonism
5. Heaven or the afterlife.
   idiomatic, lowercase, sometimes
6. A locality in Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Equivalents

15 more languages

العربيةأَرْض الْمِيعَاد

ČeštinaEldorádo

CymraegGwlad yr Addewid

Suomiluvattu maa

ItalianoTerra Promessa

日本語約束の地

한국어약속의 땅

NederlandsBeloofde Land

Polskiziemia obiecana

Portuguêsterra prometida

Русскийземля́ Обетова́нная

Svenskadet förlovade landet

TagalogLupang Pangako

УкраїнськаЗемля Обітована

Tiếng Việtđất hứa

Examples

“At last⟳, after years of patient waiting, he stood like⟳ Moses on the mountain, looking down into the Promised Land⟳.”

“"Be good, my boy, and God will make⟳ you great." Then she said she was cold, and . . . murmured: "I'll away, I'll away to the Promised Land⟳—to the Promised Land⟳. […] It is cold—so cold—God keep⟳ my boy!"”

“On Sunday night, April 29, 1900 Engineman John Luther Jones, called "Casey", […] took his farewell journey to the promised land⟳.”

“The country, too, which had been the promised land⟳ of my boyhood, did not, like⟳ most promised lands, disappoint me.”

“When Frances had developed her plan⟳, she intimated, in some closing sentences, her hopes for the future. […] [A]nd what was to hinder us from going to live⟳ in England? England was still her Promised Land⟳.”

“That is the danger that always menaces people when they get⟳ over into their Promised Land⟳.”

“I just want⟳ to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land⟳. I may not get⟳ there with you. But I want⟳ you to know⟳ tonight, that we, as a people, will get⟳ to the Promised Land⟳.”

“When the angels from above / Fall⟳ down and spread⟳ their wings like⟳ doves / As we walk⟳ hand in hand / Sister, brothers, we'll make⟳ it to the promised land⟳”

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