holy
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
holy/ˈhəʊli/
▶adjective (holier, holiest)
- 1 dedicated to God or a religious purpose.
- 2 morally and spiritually excellent.
- 3 informal, chiefly N. Amer. used in exclamations of surprise or dismay: holy cow!
'holy' also found in these Oxford entries:
ark
- asperges
- aspergillum
- baba
- beatific
- bishop
- bless
- blessed
- chapel
- charismatic movement
- Childermas
- clerk
- communicant
- communicate
- communion
- corposant
- Count Palatine
- crusade
- darshan
- defrock
- dove
- elector
- estate
- fair
- Ghibelline
- glossolalia
- grail
- Guelph
- hagio-
- halibut
- hallow
- halo
- HC
- hiero-
- High Holidays
- holiday
- holiness
- hollyhock
- Holy City
- Holy Cross Day
- holy day
- Holy Father
- Holy Ghost
- Holy Joe
- Holy Office
- holy of holies
- holy orders
- holy place
- holy roller
