Holy means Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like sacred or blessed and the Dutch translation heilig.
Holy in a sentence
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Holy meaning
- Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
- Revered in a religion.
- Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so.
Synonyms of Holy
Example sentences (20)
Most of them are in the crypts adjacent to the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre and the Chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament.
In remembrance of the grace of God given by the Holy Spirit in the waters of Holy Baptism, I will anoint you with oil.
The conclusions of the investigation will be sent to the Holy See, since it is the Holy Father who disciplines bishops.
He served as an usher at Holy Trinity Parish at Most Blessed Sacrament Church and was a member of the Holy Name Society.
A Holy Jim Canyon resident who was arrested on arson charges Tuesday in connection with the Holy Fire was arraigned Friday.
In his book, “In the School of the Holy Spirit,” Father Jacques Philippe says, “The Holy Spirit is rightly called the Consoler.
More than 85 percent knew that Ramadan is an Islamic holy month and that Mecca is an Islamic holy city.
Holy attempts to block Meteor above Midgar, but Meteor has drawn too close for Holy to combat it alone.
At Holy Ascension, Settle there will be a service of Holy Communion at 7.30pm today, Thursday 18 May.
It is commonly believed that the Holy See established diplomatic relations with Manchukuo in 1934, but the Holy See never did so.
More frequently, the term used is either "Holy Communion", "Holy Eucharist", or the "Lord's Supper".
Lewis used the symbol of the breath to represent the Holy Spirit also known as the Holy Ghost.
The Holy Family (1844) The Holy Family was a book written by Marx and Engels in November 1844.
Unlike the Holy See, it does not receive or send diplomatic representatives, and the Holy See acts on its behalf in international affairs.
List of emperors seeAlso This list includes all emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, whether or not they styled themselves Holy Roman Emperor.
She entered the Society of the Holy Child Jesus after graduating from Mayfield Senior School of the Holy Child Jesus in Pasadena, California.
Pompeo also attended a symposium on Wednesday that was co-hosted by the Holy See’s Secretariat of State and the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See.
Church Holy Trinity Church, Bolventor The small church (dedicated to the Holy Trinity) that lies to the east of the hamlet closed some years ago.
The holy year 1500 definitively ushered in the custom of opening a holy door on Christmas Eve and closing it the following year on Christmas Day.
Instead of the holy host, the Holy Family is placed at the center of the monstrance.
Phrases with holy
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with holy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the holy 153×
- holy spirit 25×
- holy see 20×
- of holy 15×
- holy grail 14×
- holy land 13×
- holy trinity 13×
- holy cross 12×
- holy roman 11×
- at holy 9×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word holy. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.