Holy

['həʊlɪ] or ['holi]

解釋/意思:

(adj.) belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power .

校對:朗达--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(superl.) Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood.

(superl.) Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.

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同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Pious, devout, religious, good, godly, saintly, spiritual, pure, saint-like, heavenly-minded.[2]. Sacred, consecrated, hallowed, blessed.

整理:维维安

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Sacred, reverend, pure, consecrated, religious, saintly,[See {[pioUB]?}],devout, divine, hallowed, devout

ANT:Profane, evil, impure, unholy

校對:拉弗尔斯

解釋/意思:

adj. perfect in a moral sense: pure in heart: religious: set apart to a sacred use.—adv. Hō′lily in a holy manner: piously.—n. Hō′liness state of being holy: religious goodness: sanctity: a title of the pope.—adj. Hō′ly-cru′el (Shak.) cruel through excess of holiness.—ns. Hō′ly-day a formal spelling of holiday (q.v.); Hō′ly-off′ice the Inquisition; Hō′ly-rood the holy cross in R.C. churches over the entrance to the chancel; Hō′lystone a sandstone used by seamen for cleansing the decks said to be named from cleaning the decks for Sunday.—v.t. to scrub with a holystone.—ns. Hō′ly-Thurs′day the day on which the ascension of our Saviour is commemorated ten days before Whitsuntide; Hō′ly-wa′ter water blessed by the priest or bishop for certain religious uses; Hō′ly-week the week before Easter kept holy to commemorate our Lord's passion; Hō′ly-writ the holy writings: the Scriptures.—Holy Alliance a league formed after the fall of Napoleon (1815) by the sovereigns of Austria Russia and Prussia professedly to regulate all national and international relations in accordance with the principles of Christian charity; Holy city Jerusalem: also specially applied to Rome Mecca Benares Allahabad &c.; Holy coat the seamless coat of Jesus claimed to be kept at Tr鑦es; Holy communion (see Communion); Holy Family the infant Saviour with Joseph Mary &c.; Holy Ghost Spirit the third person of the Trinity proceeding from the Father and the Son; Holy grail (see Grail); Holy grass a sweet-smelling grass about a foot high with a brownish glossy lax panicle—sometimes strewed on the floors of churches on festival days whence its name; Holy land Palestine; Holy of holies The most holy place the inner chamber of the Jewish tabernacle which the high-priest alone might enter and but once a year; Holy One God: Christ: the one who is holy by way of emphasis: one separated to the service of God; Holy orders ordination to the rank of minister in holy things: the Christian ministry; Holy places scenes of the Saviour's life the sepulchre &c.; Holy quest the search for the Holy grail; Holy Roman Empire the official denomination of the German Empire from 962 down to 1806 when Francis II. of Hapsburg resigned the imperial title; Holy war a name impiously given to a war for the extirpation of heresy as that against the Albigenses &c.: one of the Crusades.

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