'Promised Land' definitions:
Definition of 'Promised Land'
From: WordNet
noun
An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism [syn: Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land]
noun
Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la]
noun
The goal towards which Christians strive
Definition of 'Promised land'
From: GCIDE
- Promise \Prom"ise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Promised; p. pr. & vb. n. Promising.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money. "To promise aid." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward. [1913 Webster]
- Promised land. See Land of promise, under Land.
- To promise one's self. (a) To resolve; to determine; to vow. (b) To be assured; to have strong confidence. [1913 Webster]
- I dare promise myself you will attest the truth of all I have advanced. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'promised land'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a better place,
- Agapemone,
- Arcadia,
- arcadia,
- better world,
- Beulah,
- Beulah Land,
- Big Rock-Candy Mountain,
- Canaan,
- Cloudcuckooland,
- cloudland,
- Cockaigne,
- dreamland,
- dystopia,
- Eden,
- Eldorado,
- Erewhon,
- eternal home,
- eternity,
- faerie,
- fairyland,
- Garden of Eden,
- glory,
- Goshen,
- happy hunting ground,
- Happy Valley,
- Heaven,
- heaven,
- heaven above,
- heavenly kingdom,
- high heaven,
- kakotopia,
- kingdom come,
- kingdom of glory,
- kingdom of God,
- kingdom of heaven,
- Land of Beulah,
- land of dreams,
- land of enchantment,
- land of faerie,
- land of plenty,
- land of promise,
- Land of Youth,
- Laputa,
- lotus land,
- millennium,
- Never-Never-land,
- Neverland,
- New Atlantis,
- otherworld,
- Pandemonium,
- Paradise,
- paradise,
- presence of God,
- Quivira,
- realm of light,
- Shangri-la,
- the happy land,
- the Promised Land,
- the world above,
- Utopia,
- utopia,
- wonderland,
- Zion
Promised Land, SC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in South Carolina
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Promised Land, SC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in South Carolina
Population (2000) :
559
Housing Units (2000) :
197
Land area (2000) :
1.575787 sq. miles (4.081270 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.575787 sq. miles (4.081270 sq. km)
FIPS code :
58615
Located within :
South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location :
34.131494 N, 82.238210 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.