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Holy Holiest Religious Adjective Describe Considered Special Connected

word holy
definition
adjective
If you describe something as holy, you mean that it is considered to be special because it is connected with God or a particular religion .
To them, as to all Christians, this is a holy place.
...Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
A holy person is a religious leader or someone who leads a religious life.
The Indians think of him as a holy man, a combination of doctor and priest.
Holy is used in exclamations such as 'Holy cow !' and 'Holy smoke !' to express an emotion such as surprise or panic .
inflections holierholiest
cefr-level B2

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