A sacred or holy place, especially as used in the term 'hagia sophia' (holy wisdom); a feminine form of the Greek adjective 'hagios.'
From Greek 'hagia,' the feminine form of 'hagios' meaning 'holy.' 'Hagia Sophia' is the most famous use in English, referring to the Byzantine church in Istanbul.
Hagia Sophia was built in 537 CE and was the world's largest building by volume for over a thousand years—calling something 'holy wisdom' shows how medieval Christianity valued intellectual achievement as sacred.
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