holy
Definition:
Dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose.
Connected with God or a particular religion.
Good in a moral and religious way.
Use 'holy' in a sentence:
- 1. Here, in this holy place, here if anywhere, surely we shall find Him!
- 2. Holy cow! What was that?
- 3. If I trust in God, the name of God is holy, even on a coin.
- 4. She was still a holy and pure young girl.
- 5. The discovery is being hailed as The Holy Grail of astronomy.
- 6. He took holy orders in 1935.
- 7. At the festival, candles are blessed and sprinkled with holy water.
- 8. The word 'holiday' is a corruption of 'holy day'.
- 9. The Indians think of him as a holy man, a combination of doctor and priest.
- 10. 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.
- 11. To desecrate a holy spring is considered profanity.
- 12. We bless your holy name, O Lord.
- 13. To them, as to all Poles, this is a holy place.
- 14. He's a very holy man.