“the Holy”

The following 8 entries include the term the Holy.

Sister of the Holy Cross

: a member of a Roman Catholic sisterhood founded at Le Mans, France, in 1841 and devoted to teaching and charitable works

Sister of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

: a member of a Roman Catholic congregation founded in Canada in 1843 and devoted to teaching

the Holy Family

noun

: Jesus Christ, his mother Mary, and her husband Joseph

the Holy Ghost

noun

: God in the form of a spirit in Christianity

the Holy Grail

noun

: the cup that is said to have been used by Jesus Christ and that was sought by knights during the Middle Ages

the Holy Land

noun

: the area in the Middle East where the events of the Bible happened

the holy of holies

noun phrase

: the most holy part of a Jewish temple


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