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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Homophones 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.4.3.1 Translations to be checked 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Derived terms 1.5.2 Translations

[ English

[ Etymology

Old English halig, compare German heilige

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhoʊli/ (US)
• SAMPA: /"hoUli/ (US)
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -əʊli

[ Homophones

• holey
• wholly (depends on accent or dialect)

[ Adjective

holy (comparative holier, superlative holiest)

1. Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
2. To be revered according to a religion.
3. To be perfect or flawless.
4. Separated or set apart from something unto something or someone else.
5. Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
6. (slang): An intensifier in an interjection.

   Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!

[ Antonyms

• unholy
• common

[ Related terms

• holy cats
• holy cow
• Holy Ghost
• Holy Grail
• holy mackerel
• holy moly, holy moley
• holy Moses
• Holy See
• holy shit
• holy smoke
• Holy Spirit
• holy Toledo
• Holy Trinity
• Holy Week
• holiest of holies
• His Holiness
• Your Holiness

[ Translations

dedicated to a religious purpose

Hebrew: קדוש (Ka'dosh) m., קדושה (Kdo'sha) f.

to be revered according to a religion

Czech: svatý m., posvátný m.

Spanish: santo m., santa f.

flawless

separated

dedicated

Hebrew: קדוש (Ka'dosh) m., קדושה (Kdo'sha) f.

slang intensifier

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Afrikaans: heilig Albanian: shenjtë Bosnian: svet Catalan: sant Chinese: 神聖, 聖潔 Croatian: svet Dutch: heilig Esperanto: sankta Finnish: pyhä French: saint m., sainte f. German: heilig Greek: ιερό Hungarian: szent Japanese: 神聖な (shinseina) Korean: 신성한 (sinseonghan)

Kurdish: پیرۆز Latin: sacrus m., sacra f., sacrum n. Maltese: sagru m., sagra f., sagri pl., mqaddes m., mqaddsa f., mqaddsin pl. Old English: hāliġ Polish: święty m.sing, święta f.sing, święte n.sing, święci m.plur.animate Portuguese: sagrada f., sagrado m., santa f., santo m. Romanian: sfânt Serbian: Cyrillic: свето n. Latin: sveto n. Slovene: svet m., sveta f., sveto n. Swedish: helig Telugu: పవిత్రమైన (pavitramaina), పవిత్ర (pavitra)

[ Noun

Singular holy

Plural holies

holy (plural holies)

1. (archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in the context of the phrase "holy of holies".

   Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art (1882) p. 146:

   The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from thee larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.

[ Derived terms

• holy of holies

[ Translations

holy thing

Hebrew: קדש (kodesh)