holy being
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She would not soil or irreverently handle our Buddha, but it is only holy as a symbol, as an image of a holy being.
From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J.W. Robertson Scott
Where the word “Mother” appears in the following song it refers to “Mother Earth,” a living, conscious, holy being in Indian thought.
From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by C. G. (Carl Gustaf) Helleberg
On the following night a holy being appeared to him, and ordered him to make a representation of what he had seen in the sky, and use it for an ensign in battle.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James Grant
I did not speak to her, for she was to me a holy being, not to be addressed lightly.
From Cord and Creese by James De Mille
The virtuous choose, are virtuous by choice; the holy, being one, deliberate not—their volitions answering spontaneously to their desires.
From Tablets by Amos Bronson Alcott
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