Promised Land

Definitions

1. 1

   The area historically known as Judea, which was promised to the Israelites by God…

   The area historically known as Judea, which was promised to the Israelites by God according to oral tradition recorded in the Book of Genesis.

   • At last, after years of patient waiting, he stood like Moses on the mountain, looking down into the Promised Land.
2. 2

   The United States of America.

3. 3

   Heaven or the afterlife.

   • "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.
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   1. 4

      A locality in Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

   2. 5

      Any place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's…

      Any place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation.

      • 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.
   3. 6

      Alternative letter-case form of Promised Land.

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