Definitions

holy

[hoh-lee] / ˈhoʊ li /

ADJECTIVE

religious, sacred

Synonyms

STRONGEST

divine hallowed humble pure revered righteous spiritual sublime

STRONG

believing clean devotional faithful good innocent moral perfect upright

WEAK

angelic blessed chaste consecrated dedicated devoted devout faultless glorified god-fearing godlike godly immaculate just messianic pietistic pious prayerful reverent sacrosanct sainted saintlike saintly sanctified seraphic spotless uncorrupt undefiled untainted unworldly venerable venerated virtuous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

corrupt irreligious

STRONG

bad dishonest evil immoral imprecise impure inaccurate incomplete sinful uncertain unreliable unvirtuous vile

WEAK

depraved irreverent sacrilegious unholy unsacred wicked

Example Sentences

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HOLY, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

"HOLY GRAIL" Storage is seen as energy's "holy grail" because of the efficiency it brings to any grid.

From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2013

Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at His holy hill: For the Lord our God is HOLY.

From Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy by Murray, Andrew

Out of this literall interpretation of the Kingdome of God, ariseth also the true interpretation of the word HOLY.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

And when He came down, soon after His ascension, from His throne in the skies, we find Him proclaiming as His name, “He that is HOLY, He that is True!”

From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

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