| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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That city which the religious consider most especially connected with their religious faith, thus: | 1 |
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All’ahabad’ is the Holy City of the Indian Mahometans. | 2 |
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Bena’res (3 syl.) of the Hindus. | 3 |
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Cuzco of the ancient Incas. | 4 |
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Fez of the Western Arabs. | 5 |
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Jerusalem of the Jews and Christians. | 6 |
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Kairwan, near Tunis. It contains the Okbar Mosque, in which is the tomb of the prophet’s barber. | 7 |
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Kief, the Jerusalem of Russia, the cradle of Christianity in that country. | 8 |
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Mecca and Medi’na of the Mahometans. | 9 |
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Moscow and Kief of the Russians. | 10 |
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Solovetsk, in the Frozen Sea, is a holy Island much visited by pilgrims. | 11 |
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