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HOLY ROOD

Definition: HOLY ROOD

HOLY ROOD

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Use in Literature: HOLY ROOD

Title	Author	Quote
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	You may jest on, but, by the holy rood, I do not like these several councils, I.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Frequency of Internet Expressions: HOLY ROOD

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
cemetery holy rood	10
guild holy rood	7
holy rood	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: HOLY ROOD

Language		Translations for "HOLY ROOD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Czech		krucifix (crucifix, rood). (various references)

Manx		crosh casherick Chreest. (various references)

Pig Latin		olyhay oodray.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: HOLY ROOD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-h-l-o-o-o-r-y"
	-2 letters: dhooly.
	-3 letters: dolor, dooly, drool, hoody, hooly, hydro.
	-4 letters: door, dory, hold, holy, hood, lord, lory, odor, odyl, oldy, ordo, rood, yodh.
	-5 letters: dol, dor, dry, hod, hoy, loo, oho, old, ooh, rho, rod, yod.
	Words containing the letters "d-h-l-o-o-o-r-y"
	+2 letters: orthodoxly.
	+4 letters: geohydrology, hydrobiology, hydrocolloid, unorthodoxly.
	+5 letters: geohydrologic, hydrocolloids.
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