Thần thánh; linh thiêng

holy water

nước thánh

a holy war

một cuộc chiến tranh thần thánh

Sùng đạo, mộ đạo

a holy man

một người sùng đạo

Thánh; trong sạch

to live a holy life

sống trong sạch

Cái linh thiêng, vật linh thiêng

Nơi linh thiêng; đất thánh

a holy terror

người đáng sợ

Đứa bé quấy rầy

Sacred, religious, consecrated, sanctified, blessed,hallowed, venerated, divine, heavenly, supernal, celestial: Theholy relics are kept in a silver casket.

Godly, godlike,saintly, saintlike, pious, devout, reverent, reverential,faithful, God-fearing, chaste, pure, unsullied, clean, sinless,spotless, immaculate, undefiled, uncorrupted, untainted: Theholy men, in their saffron robes, sat in a circle, contemplatingthe master of the universe.

(holier, holiest) 1 morally and spiritually excellent orperfect, and to be revered.

Belonging to, devoted to, orempowered by, God.

Consecrated, sacred.

Used in trivialexclamations (holy cow!; holy mackerel!; holy Moses!; holysmoke!).

Heaven. Holy Communion see COMMUNION. Holy CrossDay the festival of the Exaltation of the Cross, 14 Sept. holyday a religious festival. Holy Family the young Jesus with hismother and St Joseph (often with St John the Baptist, St Anne,etc.) as grouped in pictures etc. Holy Father the Pope. HolyGhost = Holy Spirit. Holy Grail see GRAIL. holy Joe orig.Naut. sl.

A clergyman.

A pious person. Holy Land 1 W.Palestine, esp. Judaea.

A region similarly revered innon-Christian religions. Holy Name RC Ch. the name of Jesus asan object of formal devotion. Holy Office the Inquisition.holy of holies 1 the inner chamber of the sanctuary in theJewish temple, separated by a veil from the outer chamber.

Aninnermost shrine.

A thing regarded as most sacred. holyorders see ORDER. holy place 1 (in pl.) places to whichreligious pilgrimage is made.

The outer chamber of thesanctuary in the Jewish temple. holy roller sl. a member of areligious group characterized by frenzied excitement or trances.Holy Roman Empire see ROMAN. Holy Rood Day 1 the festival ofthe Invention of the Cross, 3 May.

= Holy Cross Day. HolySacrament see SACRAMENT. Holy Saturday Saturday in Holy Week.Holy Scripture the Bible. Holy See the papacy or the papalcourt. Holy Spirit the Third Person of the Trinity, God asspiritually acting. holy terror see TERROR. Holy Thursday 1Anglican Ch. Ascension Day.

RC Ch. Maundy Thursday. HolyTrinity see TRINITY. holy war a war waged in support of areligious cause. holy water water dedicated to holy uses, orblessed by a priest. Holy Week the week before Easter. HolyWrit holy writings collectively, esp. the Bible. Holy Year RCCh. a period of remission from the penal consequences of sin,granted under certain conditions for a year usu. at intervals of25 years. [OE halig f. Gmc, rel. to WHOLE]