English Dictionary

Promised Land

name

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

The Promised Land is a significant concept in Judaism.

意味（1）

(Judaism, Christianity) 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.

意味（2）

(Mormonism) The United States of America.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, sometimes lower case) 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!