1. a piece of land cut off, assigned as a domain to kings and chiefs, (Homer)

2. a piece of land dedicated to a god, the sacred precincts , (Homer): in it stood the temple, (Herdotus Historicus):—;metaphorically, the sacred valley of the Nile is the τέμ. Νείλοιο, (Pindar); the Acropolis is the ἱερὸν τ. of Pallas, (Aristophanes Comicus)

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