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promised land

promised land is the alternative letter-case form of Promised Land.

Proper noun capitalized: Promised Land

the Promised Land

  1. (Judaism) 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.1910, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 3, in The Intrusion of Jimmy
  2. (Mormonism) The United States of America.
  3. (idiomatic, lowercase, sometimes) 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!"1901, Gilbert Parker, chapter 3, in The March of The White Guard
    • On Sunday night, April 29, 1900 Engineman John Luther Jones, called "Casey", […] took his farewell journey to the promised land.1934 July 16, “Heroes: Brave Engineer”, in Time
  4. A locality in Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Noun capitalized: Promised Land

Promised Land (plural Promised Lands)

  1. (idiomatic, lowercase, sometimes) 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.c. 1820, “The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood”, in The Crayon Papers, Washington Irving
    • 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.1857, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 25, in The Professor

Forms of promised land

Noun
pluralpromised lands
pluralPromised Lands
Proper noun
alternative formpromised land

Questions about promised land

What does promised land mean?
Promised land means the area historically known as Judea, which was promised to the Israelites by God according to oral tradition recorded in the Book of Genesis.
What is promised land the alternative letter-case form of?
Promised land is the alternative letter-case form of Promised Land.
What part of speech is promised land?
Promised land can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near promised land in the dictionary

  1. promise the moon
  2. promise the stars
  3. promise the world
  4. promised
  5. promised 3,000 years ago
  6. promised land
  7. promised lands
  8. promised one
  9. promised ones
  10. promised the earth
  11. promised the moon

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