Holy

What do we mean by holy?

Belonging to, derived from, or associated with a divine power; sacred. adjective

Regarded with veneration or specified for a religious purpose. adjective

Living or undertaken with highly moral or spiritual purpose; saintly. adjective

Regarded as deserving special respect or reverence. adjective

Used as an intensive. adjective

To canonize.

Consecrated; set apart for religious use or uses; of sacred or religious character or quality: as, the holy priesthood; the holy sabbath; holy oil; holy thoughts.

Perfect in religious character and the practices of devotion; sanctified; saintly.

Exhibiting, indicating, or befitting sanctity of life; devout; righteous.

A eulogia, or piece of blessed bread.

A person who carried the holy water.

Same as morning-star (a weapon)

In hunting, the tail of a fox.

Synonyms Sacred, dedicated, sanctified. See religion.

2 and Devout, divine, immaculate, saintly.

A holy man; a saint: same as hallow. noun

Plural Sacred rites; devotions. noun

A place of worship; a sacred place. noun

The inner or western division of the Jewish tabernacle, as distinguished from the outer part, called the holy place. The holy of holies was inclosed on three sides by the walls of the tabernacle, while on the fourth or eastern side a veil, ornamented with figures of cherubim, and suspended from four pillars of shittim-wood overlaid with gold, separated it from the holy place (Ex. xxvi. 31; xxxvi. 35). The holy of holies was a perfect cube in its dimensions, the length, breadth, and height being each ten cubits. In it stood the ark of the testament, or ark of the covenant, of shittim-wood over-laid with gold. Upon the ark was the capporeth or golden mercy-seat, the place of the divine presence (Ex. xxv. 22), and on the capporeth were two cherubim, also of gold, both facing toward its center. No one but the high priest entered the holy of holies, and he only once a year, on the Day of Atonement (Lev. xvi.). Also called the most holy place and the oracle. noun

The sanctuary or bema of a Christian church: used especially by the Greek and other Oriental churches. noun

A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.

Words that are spelled similarly to holy:
holy.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word holy:
sepulchre, grail, redeemer, rosary, trinity, communion, eucharist, sacrament, spirit, synod, scriptures, scripture, apostles, roman, apostolic, quran, baptism, ghost, emperor, relics, cross, liturgy, empire, blessed, vatican, consecrated, pilgrimage, jerusalem, jesus, orthodox, papal, patriarch, pius, pope, cathedral, feast, christ, archdiocese, easter, convent, see, anglican, monastery, shrine, catholic, diocese, virgin, altar, orders, sacred, church, archbishop, divine, thursday, congregation, ecclesiastical, episcopal, prayer, angels, god, bible, seminary, cardinal, ordained, bishop, saints, priest, parish, worship, otto, armenian, saint, faith, chapel, temple, spiritual, celebrated, hungary, sisters, christianity, cemetery, mary, theology, gospel, rome, land.

Words that rhyme with holy:
wholly, lowly, ollie, guacamole, coli, prole, slowly, foley, holey, moly, ravioli, goalie, stromboli, unholy, soley, trolly, choli, coley, poli, tolly, paoli, rolly, growly, nucleoli, poley, solei, roley, coaly, rowley, shoaly, albendazole, yowley, joly, nollie, rollie, pollee, piccoli, kohli, goley, boley, colli, ercole, oley, bartoli, solie, spagnoli, bowley, karoly, trimboli, iole, rispoli, scholey, anatoly, nicoli, meserole, natoli, capozzoli, consoli, mattioli, anatoli, bertoli, andreoli, niccoli, romagnoli, sinopoli, although lee, although li, below lee, below li, bowl he, buttacavoli, campoli, cerasoli, charcoal he, chau li, cho lee, co li, coal he, cole he, colle e, control e, control he, croley, dascoli, davoli, dercole, doley, fargnoli, fraioli, goal he, grigoli, ho lee, ho li, hole e, hole he, jo lee, jo leigh, joe lee, jowley, knoll he.

Adjectives that are often used to describe holy:
most, very, true, heavenly, thrice, more, neo, celestial, interior, immortal, happy, all, healthy, white, long, inner, innermost, earthly, blessed, ancient, slavinska, empty, merciful, sacred, detroit, strong, league, mine, supreme, unseen, eternal, adjective, threefold, spiritual, dew, unapproachable, cry, repeated, mystic, supremely, hidden, called, inaccessible, our, invisible, silent, decent, mysterious, tree, proclaimed, rabbinical, jihad, famous, veritable, bare, come, fictitious.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective holy:
man, water, men, place, places, war, city, orders, name, days, life, scriptures, church, spirit, day, things, ground, father, god, angels, book, scripture, land, communion, word, mountain, religion, books, temple, writ, faith, will, ones, love, fathers, sacrament, mother, cause, oil, women, fire, nation, living, office, cross, relics, wars, trinity, hill, grail, cities, light, sites, shrine, apostles, virgin, persons, prophet, ghost, zeal, gospel, prophets, fear, matrimony, family, joy, sacrifice, cow, martyrs, rites, baptism, week, images, mysteries, sepulchre, lives, presence, table, souls, empire, pictures, thoughts, saints, image, sacraments, jesus, bishop, relic.

Consonant match to holy:
hello, hollow, halo, holler, holly, hallow, wholly, hula, howler, highly, holey, holla, hola, hallo, heller, healer, hilo, halloo, haler, haller, hilar, hilly, halley, halle, hailey, haley, heeler, hauler, hollo, halo-, hullo, hurly, hollar, hurley, hallah, huller, hailer, hooghly, hiller, hurler, haily, haile, howley, helly, healy, holley, hooley, hayley, hallie, healey, hilla, halla, hully, high-low, holo-, hawley, hylo-, halah, hollie, hilley, hiley, hally, helie, highley, hiler, hyler, heli-, hohler, huyler, heiler, wholey.

Words that sound like holy:
holy, wholly, holey, holi, holly, haley, hailey, highly, hayley, hola, hilly, halle, hollie, hallie, healy, holo, heli, halley, haily, hally, hali, haile, holley, halie, helly, haleigh, haylie, healey, hawley, holli, hooley, haly, hooly, highley, hayleigh, howley, hoolie, helie, hallee, hully, hiley, hili, hilley, healee, holwe, woly, hole, hold, hello, hollow, holes, halo, holla, hallow, hella, homely, holt, helo, hallo, hols, halla, hollo, hala, holed, holier, holme, hilo, hoel, holer, holies, hoey, hela, hallah, holde, hila, hilla, holz, hoal, hoshi, halloo, holp, high-low, holte, halah, how low, hillo, hoult, holo-, hielo, hohl, holc, hi lo, hoadley, high low, hi-lo, holsey, halo-, helah, holour, hohler.