TEMENOS

Greek '''Temenos''' ([1], from the Greek verb "to cut") (plural = temene) is a piece of land cut off and assigned as an official domain, especially to kings and chiefs, or a piece of land marked off from common uses and dedicated to a god, a sanctuary, holy grove or holy precinct: The Pythian race-course is called a temenos, the sacred valley of the Nile is the Νείλοιο πῖον τέμενος Κρονίδα, the Acropolis is the ἱερὸν τέμενος (of Pallas).
For example, Olympia is the temenos of Zeus. There were many temene of Apollo, as he was the patron god of settlers.
In religious discourse in English, Temenos has also come to refer to a territory, plane, receptacle or field of deity or divinity.

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★ Molyneaux, Brian Leigh & Piers Vitebsky (2000). ''Sacred Earth, Sacred Stones: Spiritual Site And Landscapes, Ancient Alignments, Earth Energy.'' London, England: Duncan Baird Publishers. ISBN 1-903296-07-2.

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★ Temen