holy
Example Sentences
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In 2022, a news outlet associated with the seminary in the holy city of Qom referred to him as an “ayatollah” for the first time, suggesting he had reached the rank of mujtahid.
Bangladesh has also shut universities and brought forward the Eid holidays, the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
From Barron's
Born on September 8, 1969 in the holy city of Mashhad in eastern Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei is the only one of the late supreme leader's six children to hold a public position.
From Barron's
The agreement was “reasonable” on its face, Mr. Ansari says, “but people treated it as if it were some sort of holy grail.”
The location allows him to train safely under the floodlights of the track at night, alongside other Muslims currently observing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan by not eating or drinking during daylight hours.
From BBC
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