💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hierotheca"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tabernaclenoun | (biblical) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell. |
| holy of holiesnoun | The inner sanctum of the Temple in Jerusalem. |
| sanctum sanctorumnoun | A person's most private retreat or sanctuary. |
| artophorionnoun | (Eastern Orthodoxy) The tabernacle on the high altar in an Eastern Orthodox church |
| sacrosanctumnoun | A holy place. |
| oraclenoun | A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice. |
| hierurgynoun | A sacred performance. |
| house of godnoun | (Christianity) Heaven. |
| hebraicanoun | Texts or artifacts containing Hebrew writing. |
| asherahnoun | (religion) A mother goddess in ancient Semitic religion, consort of the supreme god El. |
| kshetranoun | (Hinduism) A holy precinct or temenos. |
| hierographynoun | Sacred writing. |
| ketoretnoun | An incense used in Jewish rituals. |
| pyxisnoun | (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the compass of a ship. It is associated with the larger Argo Navis, although it was never officially part of that constellation. |
| genizahnoun | (Jewish law) A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery. |
| shrineletnoun | A little shrine. |
| parochethnoun | Alternative form of parochet. [(biblical) The curtain that covered the Ark of the Covenant.] |
| judaicanoun | Artifacts, or less commonly, matters pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion, particularly ritual objects. |
| ark of the covenantnoun | (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) The sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God. |
| heykelnoun | The chancel or sanctuary of a Coptic church. |
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