Holy

Definition: Holy

Holy

Adjective

1. Belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power.

Noun

1. A sacred place of pilgrimage.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "holy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Holy \Ho"ly\, adjective. [Comparative Holier; superlative Holiest.]. (references)

Synonyms: Holy

Deity

Adjective: almighty, holy, hallowed, sacred, divine, heavenly, celestial; sacrosanct; all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise; omniscient.

Piety

Adjective: pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly-minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic; saintly, saint-like; seraphic, sacred, solemn.

Crosswords: Holy

In the name of the father, the son, and the holy spigot (Four Weddings and a Funeral; writing credit: Richard Curtis)

Holy Mother of God. (Oliver's Travels; writing credit: Alan Plater)

I don't believe that the Holy Spirit is a dove (The Others; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar)

Holy fleurking schnit (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Holy smokes 99 channels and nothing's on (The Kid; writing credit: Audrey Wells)

Turning holy water into wine (EYES WITHOUT A FACE; performing artist: Billy Idol)

Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible said, (Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord; performing artist: Boney M)

Might even walk on holy ground (Can't Stop This Thing We Started; performing artist: Bryan Adams)

Yes, peace train holy roller (Peace Train; performing artist: Cat Stevens)

The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost- ("American Pie"; performing artist: Don McLean)

How do you get holy water?  Boil the hell out of it. (references; author: unknown)

The Holy Assassinn (1974)

Christmas in the Holy Land (1971)

The Holy Ghost People (1967)

Israel: The Holy Land (1966)

Holy Smoke (1963)

Holly Holy (performing artist: Neil Diamond)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Holy Bible New International Version: Drill Bible Burgundy (Niv Drill Bible) (reference)

• Holy Blood, Holy Grail (reference)

• Holy Family (Holiday Cards) (reference)

• The Holy (reference)

• The Holy Bible: English Version for the Deaf (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Holy Cross Journal Of Law And Public Policy (reference)

• Holy Land (reference)

• Holy Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Brother Cadfael, Set 4 (The Pilgrim of Hate / The Holy Thief / The Potter's Field) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Taylor & Boody Organ at College of the Holy Cross (reference)

• The 1985 Taylor & Boody Organ at the College of the Holy Cross (reference)

• Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance & Bright Eyes (reference)

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• The Album Of The Soundtrack Of The Trailer Of The Film Of Monty Python And The Holy Grail [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Al-Mesbah ADQ-1 Handheld Electronic Holy Quran (reference)

• Franklin KJB-500561MCFP King James Holy Bible MMC (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Waterford® Holy Water Font (reference)

• Marquis by Waterford Holy Family Nativity Set (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Gardens at Holy Cross Mission. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library.

"Gas stations abandoned during the fuel crisis in the winter of 1973-74 were sometimes used for other purposes. This station at Potlatch, Washington, west of Olympia was turned into a religious meeting hall. Signs painted on the gas pumps proclaim 'fill up with the Holy Ghost . . . and Salvation.'". Credit: National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Founder of the Holy Cross Nursing Sisters. She was supervisor of the eighty Holy Cross Sisters who served as military nurses during the Civil War. Credit: NAVY.

Main building of the hospital, a converted warehouse, while Dr. Horace Warnder was Surgeon in Charge during the Civil War, as sketched by William Groth. This hospital was staffed by the Nursing Sisters of the Holy Cross, St. Mary's Convent, South Bend, Indiana. It also served as staffing base for the Navy hospital ship USS Red Rover. In 1963, this building was a warehouse of the Cairo River & Rail Co. Credit: NAVY.

Holy Cross Church, Mt. Airy Ave. and Boyer St., Philadelphia, Pa. Credit: Library of Congress.

Woman's holy war. Grand charge on the enemy's works. Credit: Library of Congress.

St. Cyril (Kirill)-Belozersk Monastery, Holy Gates (1523), with Church of St. John Climacus (1572), south view, Kirillov, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.

Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior (16th-19th centuries), northeast view across Holy Lake, with White Tower (left), Arkhangelsk Tower, and St. Nicholas Tower (right), Solovetskii Island, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.

You do not need clothes when you loog lig the Holy Mary. Credit: Library of Congress.

You have heard the charge against you, intoned the judge, in the holy and righteous key of justice-about-to-be-administered. Do you plead guilty or not guilty?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Know that, having regard to God and for the salvation of our soul, and those of all our ancestors and heirs, and unto the honor of God and the advancement of his holy Church and for the rectifying of our realm, we have granted as underwritten by advice of our venerable fathers, Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and cardinal of the holy Roman Church, Henry, archbishop of Dublin, William of London, Peter of Winchester, Jocelyn of Bath and Glastonbury, Hugh of Lincoln, Walter of Worcester, William of Coventry, Benedict of Rochester, bishops; of Master Pandulf, subdeacon and member of the household of our lord the Pope, of brother Aymeric (master of the Knights of the Temple in England), and of the illustrious men William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, William, earl of Salisbury, William, earl of Warenne, William, earl of Arundel, Alan of Galloway (constable of Scotland), Waren Fitz Gerold, Peter Fitz Herbert, Hubert De Burgh (seneschal of Poitou), Hugh de Neville, Matthew Fitz Herbert, Thomas Basset, Alan Basset, Philip d'Aubigny, Robert of Roppesley, John Marshal, John Fitz Hugh, and others, our liegemen. (reference)

All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Here from the world I win release, Nor scorn of men, nor footstep rude, Break in to mar the holy peace Of this great solitude

The people, who do not look for unworthy motives in holy works, admired and were softened

Her image had passed into his soul for ever and no word had broken the holy silence of his ecstasy

A holy day shall this be kept hereafter

But to me they was holy vessels

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

The private sector is building a number of chain hotels and residential facilities for the increasing number of pilgrims expected to visit the two holy cities over the years. (references)

Usually, automobile dealers utilize the advent of occasions such as the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the start of a new school year, and the commencement of the summer holidays to offer special discounted deals. (references)

The Saudi Government has traditionally provided a health care system that provides free treatment in public hospitals for all residents and the approximately four million pilgrims visiting the Islamic holy sites every year. Financial constraints, however, are now forcing a re-evaluation of this position, and stricter controls on public health spending. (references)

Civil Liberties

Macau

In April the Holy See appointed a coadjutor Bishop for the Macau diocese. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

It also states that is has provided funds for some holy sites of other faiths. (references)

China

Some bishops in the official Catholic Church are not openly recognized by the Holy See, although many have been recognized privately. (references)

Economic History

The Holy See

In 1997 the Holy See became a member of the World Trade Organization. (references)

The Holy See

Unlike the Holy See, it does not receive or send diplomatic representatives. (references)

The Holy See

The Pope rules the Holy See through the Roman Curia and the Papal Civil Service. (references)

Human Rights

Djibouti

During the year, in honor of the holy month of Ramadan, 80 prisoners were granted amnesty. (references)

Yemen

In November the President celebrated the Islamic holy month of Ramadan by arranging for the release of a reported 3,500 prisoners. (references)

Minorities

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Orthodox leaders complained that at times Protestants fail to respect Orthodox holy days and Orthodox customs. (references)

Political Economy

Saudi Arabia

The Basic Law adopted in 1992 declared that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the sons and grandsons of King Abd Al Aziz Al Saud, and that the Holy Qur'an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari'a). (references)

Saudi Arabia

Crown Prince Abdullah has played an increasing role in governance since King Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995. The Government has declared the Islamic holy book the Koran and the Sunna (tradition) of the Prophet Muhammad to be the country's Constitution. (references)

Trade

Pakistan

Items on the "negative" list include: translations of the Holy Koran without Arabic text; goods bearing words or inscriptions of a religious connotation; obscene pictures, writings, or inscriptions; horror comics; obscene, subversive and anti-Islamic literature; products and by-products of pigs, hogs, boars, or swine; fireworks; tanks and armored vehicles; artillery weapons; revolvers and pistols of prohibited bores; parlor games; gambling equipment; sculptures, worked ivory, alcoholic beverages, hazardous wastes, rollable scrap, woven fabrics of cotton, woven fabrics of synthetic stable fibers, carpets and other floor coverings, articles of apparel and clothing accessories, bed linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen, tarpaulin and tents, curtains and other furnishing articles and antiques exceeding one hundred years in age. (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

Friday is the Muslim holy day. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Business travel to Saudi Arabia during the holy month of Ramadan is best avoided. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Five times a day Muslims are obliged to pray in the direction of the holy city, Makkah. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Holy city

Expressions using "holy": become holy ♦ chapter of the holy koran ♦ christian holy day ♦ clerk in holy orders ♦ communion holy ♦ Congregation of the Holy Cross ♦ exposition of the holy sacrament ♦ God the Father Son and Holy Ghost ♦ high holy day ♦ Holy Alliance ♦ holy ark ♦ Holy bark ♦ holy bible ♦ holy bread ♦ holy city ♦ holy clover ♦ holy communion ♦ holy cow! ♦ Holy Cross ♦ holy day ♦ holy day of obligation ♦ Holy family ♦ holy father ♦ holy ghost ♦ holy grail ♦ Holy grass ♦ Holy Innocent's Day ♦ holy Innocents' Day ♦ holy inspiration ♦ holy Joe ♦ holy land ♦ holy man ♦ holy matrimony ♦ holy Men of old ♦ holy oak ♦ holy object ♦ holy of holies ♦ holy office ♦ holy oil ♦ Holy One ♦ holy orders ♦ holy person ♦ holy picture ♦ holy place ♦ holy relic ♦ holy remains ♦ holy Roller ♦ holy Roman Emperor ♦ holy roman empire ♦ holy rood ♦ Holy rope ♦ holy Sacrament ♦ holy saturday ♦ holy scripture ♦ holy scriptures ♦ holy see ♦ holy See (vatican City) ♦ holy sepulchre ♦ holy spirit ♦ Holy Spirit plant ♦ holy terror ♦ holy thistle ♦ Holy Thursday ♦ holy trinity ♦ holy virgin ♦ holy war ♦ holy wars ♦ holy water ♦ holy week ♦ holy well ♦ holy willie ♦ holy writ ♦ holy writings ♦ holy Year ♦ in god's holy name! ♦ Interjection: what on earth! what in the world! What the devil! Holy cow! Can you top that? ♦ jewish holy day ♦ keep holy ♦ procession of the Holy Ghost ♦ sprinkle with holy water ♦ stay in holy places ♦ take holy orders ♦ The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire ♦ the holy alliance ♦ the holy ark ♦ the holy bible ♦ the holy child ♦ The Holy Father ♦ the holy ghost ♦ the holy grail ♦ the holy land ♦ The Holy League ♦ the holy of holies ♦ the holy oil ♦ the holy sacrament ♦ the holy scripture ♦ the holy scriptures ♦ the holy see ♦ the holy sepulchre ♦ the holy spirit ♦ the holy supper. Additional references.

Beginning with "holy": Holy-cross day, holy-day, holy-place-from-over-the-great-water, holy-roller, holy-sounding, holy-stone, holy-water, holy-water font, holy-water stoup.

Ending with "holy": all-holy, white-and-holy.

Albanian

i shenjtë (consecrated, divine, heavenly, sacramental, sacred, sacrosanct, Saint, sainted, saintlike, saintly). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مفعم بقوة خفية, ‏مقدس (blessed, consecrating, divine, hallowing, heavenly, sacramental, sacred, sacrist, sanctifying), ‏قدسي (sacred), ‏ورع (devout, god fearing, godliness, pious, prayerful, religious, religiousness, righteous, righteousness, saintly, sanctity), ‏تقي (devout, godliness, godly, immaculate, mystic, pious, prayerful, religious), ‏المقدس, ‏رهيب (bloodcurdling, bloody, chilly, dire, dreadful, fearful, fierce, grisly, gruesome, hairy, horrible, horrific, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, nightmarish, redoubtable, smashing, super, terrible, wretched). (various references)

Bulgarian 

свят (creation, earth, ineffable, sacred, sainted, saintly, sanctimonious, spiritual, universe, world), свещен (blessed, sacred, sacrosanct, sainted, sanctimonious, taboo). (various references)

Chinese 

聖 (sacred, sage, saint), 神聖 (divine, hallow, sacred), 圣洁. (various references)

Czech

zbožný (devout, pious, prayerful), svatý (blessed, perfect, sacred, Saint, saintlike, saintly, st, unfailing), posvátný (religious, sacred, sacrosanct, saintly). (various references)

Danish

verbena (holy wort, verbena, vervain), Vatikanstaten (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City, Vatican City State), VA (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City), Sankt Jakobs Aaret (Holy Year of Saint James), Pavestolen (State of the Vatican City, The Holy See, Vatican City, Vatican City State), marietidsel (holy thistle, milk thistle), maelketidsel (holy thistle, milk thistle), jernurt (aconite, holy wort, verbena, vervain), De stille Uge (Holy Week, Passion Week). (various references)

Dutch

sacraal (sacred), heilig (sacred), geheiligd (sacred). (various references)

Esperanto

sankta (sacred). (various references)

Faeroese

heilagur (sacred), halgur (sacred). (various references)

Farsi 

منزه وپاکدامن , مقدس (Innocent, Numinous, Sacred, Sacrosanct, Saint, Sanctimonious), وقف شده (Consecrate, Sacred), خدا (Deity, Divinity, God, Godhead, Heaven, Numen). (various references)

Finnish

pyhä (feast, holiday, holy day, sacred, Sunday). (various references)

French

saint, sacré. (various references)

Frisian

hillich (sacred). (various references)

German

heilig (awed, blessed, devout, hallowed, righteous, sacred, Saint, saintly, solemn). (various references)

Greek 

ιερόσ (sacred, sacrosanct), ιερός (sacred), πανάγιος (holiest), άγιοσ (blessed, Saint, saintlike, saintly). (various references)

Hebrew 

מקודש (consecrated, hallowed, sacred, sanctified), קדוש (consecration, kiddush, sacramental, sacred, saintly, sanctification, solemn). (various references)

Hungarian

jámbor (arcadian, biddable, devotional, godly, guileless, pious, religious, saintly). (various references)

Icelandic

heilagur (sacred). (various references)

Indonesian

suci (candid, chaste, purified). (various references)

Irish

cáidh. (various references)

Italian

santo (blessed, sacred, Saint). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

聖日 (holy day, the Sabbath), ジカルボン酸 (dicarboxylic acid, dicyanogen, diphenyl, diphtheria, distemper, distoma, dysprosium, dystrophy, feminine form of gigolo, gigolette, gigolo, gigue, Givenchy, Gypsy, gypsy look, Holy War, Japanese Industrial Standard, Jekyll and Hyde, jib, jig, jigsaw puzzle, JIS, JIS mark, jitter, jitterbug, syphilis, zig-zag, zigzag demonstration, ZIP code, Zipangu, Zipper, Zippo), 唯我独尊 (Holy am I alone, self-conceit, vainglory), 教皇庁 (Holy See, Vatican), 木食上人 (holy men who abstain from meat and cooked food), 義戦 (a crusade, holy war), 聖夜 (Christmas Eve, holy night), 聖女 (holy woman, saint), 聖家族 (the Holy Family), 聖体 (Holy Communion, the emperor's person, the Eucharist, the Host), 上人 (holy priest, saint), 聖戦 (crusade, holy war), 聖霊 (the holy ghost), 聖油 (holy oil), 聖地 (holy ground, sacred place, the Holy Land), 聖人 (holy man, sage, saint), 聖人　 (holy man, sage, saint), 聖餐式 (Holy Communion, the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper), 聖職 (holy orders, ministry, sacred profession, vocation), 聖跡 (holy site), 聖週 (Holy Week), 聖蹟 (holy site), 聖体拝領 (Holy Communion, the Eucharist). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せいせき (holy site, record, results), もくじきしょうにん (holy men who abstain from meat and cooked food), ゆいがどくそん (Holy am I alone, self-conceit, vainglory), せいち (birthplace, delicate, holy ground, minute, sacred place, soil preparation, subtle, the Holy Land), せいじん (adult, holy man, sage, saint), せいじょ (exact division, holy woman, saint), せいじつ (faithful, holy day, honest, sincere, the Sabbath), せいや (Christmas Eve, clear night, holy night, quiet night, starlight night, starry night), せいゆ (essence, essential oil, holy oil, oil refining, refined oil), ジハード (Holy War), せいかぞく (the Holy Family), ぎせん (a crusade, holy war), せいせん (careful selection, crusade, fresh, holy war, military expedition, sexual gland, well), せいさんしき (Holy Communion, the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper), せいしょく (blue, healthy complexion, holy orders, ministry, occultation, primary colors, reproduction, sacred profession, song and women, vocation, voice and countenance, weaving), せいしゅう (clear fall, Holy Week), せいたい (adult organism, bag manufacturing, chiropractic, constitution, ecology, Holy Communion, imago, living body, mode of life, organism, static, stationary, the emperor's person, the Eucharist, the Host, umbilical cord, vocal cords), せいたいはいりょう (Holy Communion, the Eucharist), きょうこうちょう (Holy See, Vatican), しょうにん (acknowledgement, advancement, agreement, approval, child, consent, holy priest, merchant, promotion, recognition, saint, shopkeeper, small person, trader, witness), せいれい (cabinet order, diligence, ghost, government ordinance, industry, regulations, soul, spirit, the holy ghost). (various references)

Korean 

신성한 (sacred). (various references)

Manx

noo (beatific, consecrated, hallowed, sacred, saint), bannee (blessed, of blessing, saintly). (various references)

Norwegian

hellig. (various references)

Papiamen

santu (sacred, sand), santo (sacred, sand), sagrado (sacred), dibino (divine, sacred). (various references)

Pig Latin

olyhay.(various references)

Polish

święty (sacred). (various references)

Portuguese

santo (sacred, saint, sainted, saintly), sagrado (bounden, sacred, sainted, taboo). (various references)

Romanian

sfinţit (consecrate, hallowed, sacred, West), sfânt (hallow, Saint, saintly), pios (devout, godly, pious, piously, saintly). (various references)

Russian 

священник святой, святой (hallow, saint, sainted, saintly, st.). (various references)

Scottish

usga, usgar, naomh (holy man, saint, saintly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sveti (sacred, sacrosanct, saint, saintly, sanctified, st.), svet (people, public, world). (various references)

Spanish

santo (blessed, blest, confessor, holy man, Saint, sainted, saintly, st.), sagrado (sacral, sacred, sainted, sanctuary). (various references)

Sranan

santa (holy man, pious, sacred, saint). (various references)

Swedish

helig (inviolable, sacred, sacrosanct, sainted). (various references)

Thai

ที่เคร่งศาสนา, ซึ่งศักดิ์สิทธิ์. (various references)

Turkish

kutsal (blessed, celestial, divine, heavenly, hiero-, inviolate, sacramental, sacred, sacrosanct, Saint, sainted, saintly, sanctified, sanctus, solemn, venerable). (various references)

Turkmen 

mukaddes (sacred). (various references)

Ukrainian

священний (blessed, hieratic, sacramental, taboo, tabu), святий (divine, hallow, sacred, sainted, saintly, sanctimonious), святиня (shrine), святилище (sacrarium, sanctum), праведний (righteous, saintly). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thần thánh; linh thiêng $Holy Writ$ kinh thánh sùng đạo. (various references)

Welsh

sanctaidd, glwys (fair), gla+n (beautiful, clean, fair), cysegr-la+n. (various references)

hagios. (various references)

sanctus. (various references)

speñta. (various references)

halig. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "holy": holyday, holydays, holystone, holystoned, holystones, holystoning, holytide, holytides. (additional references)

Words ending with "holy": melancholy, overholy, unholy. (additional references)

Words containing "holy": sympatholytic, sympatholytics. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Holy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hagly, halay, hally, halry, haly, havly, Helyg, Heyl, hiley, Hioxyl, hirly, hli, hlo, hloy, hly, hody, hogly, hogy, hoily, Hoiy, hoky, hola, holc, holhy, holi, holie, holl, Holli, holp, holsy, Holye, holz, homly, homy, honly, hony, Hool, hooli, hooliz, hooly, hory, Hosley, houy, hovly, hoxy, hoyle, hozy, Hugly, hulya, Iholdy, Ohiya, ohl, ohly, ohy, oly, toly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: hoy.

-2 letters: ho, lo, oh, oy, yo.

+1 letter: holey, holly, hooly, hotly, hoyle.

+2 letters: bolshy, dhooly, hokily, holily, homely, homily, hostly, hourly, hoyles, phyllo, phylon, phytol, poshly, shoaly, sloshy, thymol, unholy, wholly.

+3 letters: aliyoth, blotchy, chromyl, chylous, ethoxyl, eyehole, ghostly, halcyon, hayloft, helotry, hoarily, holiday, holyday, hornily, horsily, hyaloid, hyoidal, keyhole, kolhozy, loathly, monthly, oxyphil, phonily, phyllos, phytols, roughly, shoofly, shortly, showily, shylock, slouchy, sloughy, soothly, tallyho, thionyl, thymols, toughly, zlotych.