promised land

plural promised lands

1. Alternative letter-case form of Promised Land.

alternative promised land

1. JudaismChristianityThe 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.

   1910, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 3, in The Intrusion of Jimmy

2. MormonismThe United States of America.
3. idiomaticlowercasesometimesHeaven or the afterlife.

   On Sunday night, April 29, 1900 Engineman John Luther Jones, called "Casey", […] took his farewell journey to the promised land.

   1934 July 16, “Heroes: Brave Engineer”, in Time

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   "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!"

   1901, Gilbert Parker, chapter 3, in The March of The White Guard

4. A locality in Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.

plural Promised Lands · alternative promised land

1. idiomaticlowercasesometimesAny place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation.

   That is the danger that always menaces people when they get over into their Promised Land.

   1912, Annie Fellows Johnston, chapter 8, in Mary Ware's Promised Land

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   The country, too, which had been the promised land of my boyhood, did not, like most promised lands, disappoint me.

   c. 1820, “The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood”, in The Crayon Papers, Washington Irving

   When Frances had developed her plan, she intimated, in some closing sentences, her hopes for the future. […] [A]nd what was to hinder us from going to live in England? England was still her Promised Land.

   1857, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 25, in The Professor

   I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.

   1968 April 3, Martin Luther King Jr., I've Been to the Mountaintop

   When the angels from above / Fall down and spread their wings like doves / As we walk hand in hand / Sister, brothers, we'll make it to the promised land

   1987, Joe Smooth, “Promised Land”, performed by Anthony Thomas