holy place
    n 1: a sacred place of pilgrimage [syn: holy place, sanctum,
         holy]

Holy place
   one of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided
   (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It was 20 cubits long and 10 in
   height and breadth. It was illuminated by the golden
   candlestick, as it had no opening to admit the light. It
   contained the table of showbread (Ex. 25:23-29) and the golden
   altar of incense (30:1-11). It was divided from the holy of
   holies by a veil of the most costly materials and the brightest
   colours.
   
     The arrangement of the temple (q.v.) was the same in this
   respect. In it the walls of hewn stone were wainscotted with
   cedar and overlaid with gold, and adorned with beautiful
   carvings. It was entered from the porch by folding doors
   overlaid with gold and richly embossed. Outside the holy place
   stood the great tank or "sea" of molten brass, supported by
   twelve oxen, three turned each way, capable of containing two
   thousand baths of water. Besides this there were ten lavers and
   the brazen altar of burnt sacrifice.