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herd(3) (iou) and Holy of Holies (sh)


herd(3) (iou)



herd verb1. ME.
[from HERD noun2.]
verb trans. Keep safe, shelter. ME-M16.
verb trans. & (rare) intrans. Tend (sheep, cattle, etc.). LME.
verb trans. Drive (an animal, a person) in a particular direction. Passing into HERD verb2 3. L19.
D. Morris They were particularly adept at herding and driving prey during hunting manoeuvres. J. A. Michener They had herded nearly three thousand longhorns thirteen hundred miles. J. M. Coetzee They herd the captives along.
herder noun (now chiefly N. Amer.) a herdsman ME.

Holy of Holies (sh)




Innermost and most sacred area of the ancient Temple of Jerusalem, accessible only to the Israelite high priest and only once a year, on Yom Kippur.

The Holy of Holies was located at the western end of the temple. At its entrance stood a small cedar altar overlaid with gold. In the First Temple (see Temple of Jerusalem) the Holy of Holies held the Ark of the Covenant.