Sentence examples for chief place from inspiring English sources

Amaterasu's chief place of worship is the Grand Shrine of Ise, the foremost Shintō shrine in Japan.

Itháki (Vathý), the chief place and port of the island, is well protected at the head of a narrow, deep, horseshoe-shaped inlet of the gulf.

In this renaissance the 8th-century English scholar Alcuin, an heir to the tradition of Bede, and his monastery at Tours occupy the chief place.

He later corrected himself saying he should have said "the Golden Temple or, better, Sri Harmandir Sahib". The Golden Temple, in the state of Punjab, is the chief place of pilgrimage for Sikhs and was built in the 16th century by the fourth Sikh guru, Ram Das.

After about 80km we reached Masisi Centre, Chief place of Masisi Territory.

The Great Hall measures 29 by, and was the chief place of state assembly in the castle, although there is no evidence that the Parliament of Scotland ever met here, as is sometimes reported.

The chief places of her legend were Delos and Delphi.

John and Nuno Álvares, now his constable, marched northward and obtained the submission of the chief places but returned on hearing that the Castilians were preparing a major invasion.

During her probation period as an inspector, Ms. Kim said, the chief placed her under close surveillance by two undercover agents, hoping to catch a mistake.

In the English Civil War (1642 51) the castle was one of the chief places of refuge for the Protestants of Antrim; in 1642 the first presbytery held in Ireland met there.

In a rare interview published last week, Qu Geping, China's first environmental protection chief, placed the blame squarely on the country's "economic growth at all costs" mentality and on the political system.