holy being
Example Sentences
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Had I been in a Catholic church I had imagined her to have been some holy being, incarnated by her deep sympathy with the worshippers.
From Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis by Cooke, George Willis
The virtuous choose, are virtuous by choice; the holy, being one, deliberate not—their volitions answering spontaneously to their desires.
From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson
Some holy being does invade this place, And from their duty does my spirits chase.
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John
What a holy being he was, how great a man!
From Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá
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 Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)