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Revision as of 01:14, 10 June 2024
English
Alternative forms
- holie, hooly (archaic)
- Holy (when referring to someone or something important)
- 'oly (pronunciation spelling)
Etymology
From Middle English holi, hali, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”), equivalent to whole + -y and a doublet of later wholly.
Cognates
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊli/
- (US) enPR: hōʹlē, IPA(key): /ˈhoʊli/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊli
- Homophones: wholly, holey (in accents without the wholly-holy split)
Adjective
holy (comparative holier, superlative holiest)
- Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
- I'm planning to visit the holy city of Jerusalem this Christmas.
- Revered in a religion.
- This tree is considered holy in my culture.
- Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so.
- My grandmother is a very holy woman.
- Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else). (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
- (slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
- Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!
- Those children next door are holy terrors!
Synonyms
- (dedicated to a religious purpose or a god): sacred, godly
- (revered in a religion): sacred, godly
- (perfect, flawless): faultless, flawless, perfect
- (separated or set apart from something): sanctified
- (set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose): reserved, special
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “revered in a religion”): profane, secular, unholy, worldly
- (antonym(s) of “perfect, flawless”): damaged, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect
- (antonym(s) of “set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose”): common
Derived terms
- by the holy poker
- court holy bread
- court holy water
- Five Holy Wounds
- for the love of all that is holy
- holier-than-thou
- holier than thou
- holiest of holies
- Holiness
- holiness
- holy balls
- holy bark
- holy basil
- Holy Bible
- Holy Blood
- Holy Body
- holy bone
- Holybourne
- Holybrook
- holy cannoli
- holy card
- holy carp
- holy catfish
- holy cats
- Holy Communion
- Holy Corner
- holy cow
- holy crap
- holy crap on a cracker
- holy crap on a stick
- holy cricket
- holy crickets
- holy cross
- Holycross
- Holy Cross
- holy cross frog
- holy crow
- holy damn
- holyday
- holy day
- holy day of obligation
- holy doodle
- Holy Eucharist
- Holy Family
- holy fire
- holy flax
- holy fool
- Holy Foreskin
- Holy Friday
- holy fuck
- holy fudge
- Holy Ghost
- holy grail
- Holy Grail
- holy grass
- holy guacamole
- holy Hannah
- Holyhead
- holy hell
- holy hour
- Holy Island
- holy kamoley
- holy kamoly
- Holy Koran
- Holy Liturgy
- Holy Loch
- holy macaroni
- holy mackerel
- holy man
- holy moley
- holy moly
- Holy Monday
- holy Moses
- Holy Mother
- Holy Mother of God
- Holyoak
- Holy of Holies
- holy orders
- holy piss
- holy poke
- Holy Prepuce
- Holy Qur'an
- Holy Quran
- Holy Qurbana
- Holy Qurbono
- Holy Qur’an
- holy ravioli
- Holy Roman Empire
- Holyrood
- holy rood
- Holy Sacrifice
- Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
- Holy Saturday
- Holy See
- Holy Sepulcher
- Holy Sepulchre
- holy shamoley
- holy shit
- holy shmoly
- holy show
- Holy Shroud
- holy smoke
- holy smokes
- holy snakes
- Holy Spirit
- holy spirit
- holystone
- holy stromboli
- Holy Sunday
- Holy Sunday Church
- holy synod
- Holy Synod
- holy terror
- Holy Thursday
- holy Toledo
- Holy Trinity
- holy trinity
- holy Trinity
- Holy Tuesday
- holy unblack metal
- holy war
- holy water
- holy-water sprinkle
- holy water sprinkler
- Holy Wednesday
- Holy Week
- Holywell
- Holywood
- holy writ
- Holy Writ
- in the name of all that is holy
- Mount of the Holy Cross
- pope-holy
- Stoke Holy Cross
- take holy orders
Related terms
Translations
dedicated to a religious purpose
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revered in a religion
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flawless
dedicated for a specific purpose
slang intensifier
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
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Interjection
holy
- (slang) An expression of astonishment and awe.
- Synonym: holy shit
Usage notes
- (MTE) When spoken aloud, the first syllable is elongated ("Hoooly!") and stress is placed on the second syllable.
Noun
holy (plural holies)
- (archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.
- 1882, Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art, page 146:
- The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the 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
Translations
holy thing
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hāliġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz; equivalent to hool + -y.
Alternative forms
- hooly, holi, hooli, holye, holie, holly, hoolly, holli, hoolli, oly, oli, wholy, woly, hole, hali, haly, hayly, aly, ali, hale, hely, heli, holiȝ, holiȝe, holia, halge, halege, halȝe, hallȝhe, haliȝ, haliȝe, halie
Adjective
holy (plural and weak singular holye, comparative holyere, superlative holyest)
- Dedicated to or separated for a religious purpose; sacred, consecrated.
- Characterized by virtue or perfection.
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, page 37:
- […] of moost holi lyuynge, and best taught and moost wyse of heuenly wysdom […]
- […] of the most holy living, and the best-taught and wisest heavenly wisdom […]
Related terms
Descendants
Noun
holy (plural holies)
- The state of being holy; holiness.
- One who is sanctified or made holy; a saint, hallow
- A sacred place; a sanctuary
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: holy
References
- “holi, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 August 2018.
- “holi, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 August 2018.
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Adjective
holy
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: holey
References
- “holi, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 August 2018.
Yola
Adjective
holy
- Alternative form of holly
- 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:
- To our pleoughès an mulk-pylès till a neeshte holy die.
- To our ploughs and our milk-pails till the next holiday.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96
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