an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
the goal towards which Christians strive
Any place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation.
Alternative form of Promised Land
The area historically known as Judea, which was promised to the Israelites by God according to oral tradition recorded in the Book of Genesis.