holy : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a religious holiday for Christians
  

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• noun Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity
  High Holiday.
  

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• adjective satellite excessively or hypocritically pious
  pharisaic; self-righteous; sanctimonious; pietistic; pharisaical; pietistical.
  
  • a sickening sanctimonious smile

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• (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe, except the pope and the king of England.

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• . See Cascara sagrada.

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• noun phrases used to refer to Heaven
  Celestial City; Heavenly City; City of God.
  
  • the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'

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• noun Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain
  sainfoin; esparcet; Onobrychis viciaefolia; sanfoin; Onobrychis viciifolia.
  

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• noun the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
  manduction; Communion; sacramental manduction.
  
  • the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation

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• . See Eucharist.

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Ho"ly cross"

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1. The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.

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• noun a day specified for religious observance
  religious holiday.
  

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• noun a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion
  

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• noun a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
  Lord's Supper; Eucharist; Eucharistic liturgy; Liturgy; sacrament of the Eucharist; Holy Eucharist.
  

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• (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ, his parents, and others of his family are represented.

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• noun the head of the Roman Catholic Church
  Roman Catholic Pope; pontiff; pope; Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ; Bishop of Rome.
  

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• a title of the pope.

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• noun the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost
  Holy Ghost; Paraclete.
  

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• (Theol.), the third person of the Trinity; the Comforter; the Paraclete.

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• noun (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper
  grail; Sangraal.
  

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• . See Grail.

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• (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass (Hierochloa borealis and H. alpina). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and western parts of the United States. Called also vanilla, ∨ Seneca, grass.

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• noun December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem
  Innocents' Day.
  

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• Childermas day.

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• noun a chaplain in one of the military services
  military chaplain; padre; sky pilot.
  

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• noun an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
  Palestine; Canaan; Promised Land.
  

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• Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity.

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• noun person of exceptional holiness
  angel; saint; holy man.
  

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• noun (figurative) something regarded as sacred or inviolable
  
  • every politician fears to touch that holy of holies, the Social Security System
• noun (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept
  sanctum sanctorum.
  

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• (Script.), the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest once a year.

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• the Inquisition.

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• noun a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam
  sacramental oil; chrisom; chrism.
  

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• . (a) The Supreme Being; so called by way of emphasis. " The Holy One of Israel." Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to the service of God.

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• noun (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
  Holy Order; Order.
  
  • theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order
• noun the sacrament of ordination
  holy order.
  

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• noun (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
  Holy Order; Order.
  
  • theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order
• noun the sacrament of ordination
  holy order.
  

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• . See Order.

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• noun person of exceptional holiness
  angel; saint; holy man.
  

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• noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
  sanctum; holy.
  

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• noun a member of a religion that expresses ecstatic fervor
  

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• noun sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire
  

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• noun the Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (1194-1250)
  Frederick II.
  

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• noun a political entity in Europe that began with the papal coronation of Otto I as the first emperor in 962 and lasted until 1806 when it was dissolved by Napoleon
  

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• the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the chancel.

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• a plant, the hemp agrimony.

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• noun a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
  Lord's Supper; Eucharist; Eucharistic liturgy; Liturgy; sacrament of the Eucharist; Holy Eucharist.
  

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• noun the Saturday before Easter; the last day of Lent
  

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• (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter.

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• noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
  Christian Bible; Bible; Word; Word of God; Holy Scripture; Book; Good Book; Scripture.
  
  • he went to carry the Word to the heathen

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• noun the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929
  Holy See; State of the Vatican City.
  

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• noun the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection
  Holy Sepulcher.
  

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• noun the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection
  Holy Sepulcher.
  

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• noun the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost
  Holy Ghost; Paraclete.
  

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• same as Holy Ghost (above).

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• . See Dove plant.

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• noun a very troublesome child
  terror; little terror; brat.
  

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• noun tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
  Silybum marianum; milk thistle; lady's thistle; Our Lady's mild thistle; blessed thistle.
  

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• (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under Thistle.

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• noun the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper
  Maundy Thursday.
  

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• . (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday.

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• noun the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead
  Sacred Trinity; Trinity; Blessed Trinity.
  

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• a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places.

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• noun a paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia; wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia; subscribes to the Wahhabi creed of Islam
  Laskar Jihad.
  

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• noun water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification
  

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• (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred purposes.

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• noun the week before Easter
  Passion Week.
  

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• (Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated.

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• noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
  Christian Bible; Bible; Word; Word of God; Holy Scripture; Book; Good Book; Scripture.
  
  • he went to carry the Word to the heathen

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• the sacred Scriptures. " Word of holy writ." Wordsworth.

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• noun (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years)
  

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• the stone stoup or font placed near the entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water.

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• noun a religious holiday for Jews
  

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• noun an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan
  Al Faran; Harkat ul-Mujahedeen; HUA; HUM; Harkat-ul-Mujahidin; Harkat ul-Ansar.
  

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• noun the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929
  Holy See; State of the Vatican City.
  

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