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
What a holy being he was, how great a man!
From Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá
For that holy being, that resplendent person, with all her heart and soul and endless love, had ever fostered and cherished him in the warm embrace of her celestial tenderness.
From Bahíyyih Khánum by Baha'i World Centre
“Gentlemen,” I said, “I feel that a holy being is in that carriage.”
From Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá
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 Scott, J.W. Robertson
