Explore Holiest through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Holiest meaning
- superlative form of holy: most holy; most sacred.
- superlative form of holey: most holey; most full of holes.
Using Holiest
- The main meaning on this page is: superlative form of holy: most holy; most sacred. | superlative form of holey: most holey; most full of holes.
- In the example corpus, holiest often appears in combinations such as: the holiest, holiest site, holiest day.
Context around Holiest
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Holiest
- In this selection, "holiest" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, third, two, site, day and sites stand out and add context to how "holiest" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include kippur the holiest day of and of the holiest sites in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "holiest" sits close to words such as abatement, abductions and absurdly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with holiest
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Two holiest Islamic sites in the world remain closed during Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam. (16 words)
It is the third holiest web site in Islam and is filled with devotees throughout Ramadan. (16 words)
Almost adjacent to al-Aqsa mosque is the Western Wall, the holiest prayer site for Jews. (16 words)
A reporter in Jerusalem could spend hours making calls to Gaza from a hotel room, and then walk through the Old City to the Western Wall, the holiest available prayer site anywhere for Jews, to report on a service and rally in support of hostages in Gaza. (47 words)
The private jet parking lots at airports near the city of Ayodhya are full and the shops have run out of gold-plated idols, as wealthy devotees prepare for the invite-only opening ceremony of one of Hinduism's holiest temples. (41 words)
Alternatively, if the hundreds of thousands of right-wing Jews who demonstrated in front of the Knesset decided to do the same on the holiest site for Judaism, again, no police force in the world could stop them. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The mosque, which is Islam's third holiest site, is built on top of what Jews call the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site.
Two holiest Islamic sites in the world remain closed during Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam.
Alternatively, if the hundreds of thousands of right-wing Jews who demonstrated in front of the Knesset decided to do the same on the holiest site for Judaism, again, no police force in the world could stop them.
For Jews, Temple Mount is the holiest place, where the biblical King Solomon built the first Temple 3,000 years ago and where a second Temple was razed by the Romans.
Global criticism and concern mounted after Zionist police clashed with Palestinians inside Islam’s third-holiest site, sparking a military exchange of rockets and air strikes, with fears of further escalation.
It is the third holiest web site in Islam and is filled with devotees throughout Ramadan.
Nashik is one of our holiest cities with a similar rich heritage as Pune and great potential to be tapped, with airport connectivity.
On Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish Calendar, on October 6 1973, Israel’s enemies launched a surprise attack.
Rocket fire from Lebanon targeted Israel Thursday after clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians inside Islam’s third-holiest site drew warnings of retaliation from around the region.
You feel the stress of the leadership, the deep concern of the IDF and the pain of parents who saw their sons leave shul – on the holiest day – to head straight for the battlefield.
After months of waiting in vain for Hamas to release his relatives held hostage in Gaza, Israeli Bedouin Ali al-Zayadna travelled to Islam's third holiest site to appeal directly to the Almighty.
Almost adjacent to al-Aqsa mosque is the Western Wall, the holiest prayer site for Jews.
A reporter in Jerusalem could spend hours making calls to Gaza from a hotel room, and then walk through the Old City to the Western Wall, the holiest available prayer site anywhere for Jews, to report on a service and rally in support of hostages in Gaza.
During the concluding prayers of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year, the rabbi has a vision: The prayers of his congregants are not reaching the heavens.
Officials in Saudi Arabia, home of Islam’s holiest site, saw the crescent moon on Sunday, night marking the start of the month of fasting.
That slobber fest would have been handled by 60 Minutes — the holiest shrine of Very Fake News.
The private jet parking lots at airports near the city of Ayodhya are full and the shops have run out of gold-plated idols, as wealthy devotees prepare for the invite-only opening ceremony of one of Hinduism's holiest temples.
The Sviatohirsk Monastery of the Caves, one of the holiest sites in the Russian Orthodox Church, overlooks the Siversky Donets River at Sviatohirsk in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, in December.
The territorial dispute over Jerusalem, which houses some of the holiest sites in Christianity, Islam and Judaism, is at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
A cancellation would mark the first time in modern history Muslims didn’t travel to the holiest of Islamic cities during the five- to six-day pilgrimage held at the end of July.
Common combinations with holiest
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: