Holy Joe

Definition of Holy Joenext
slang

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for Holy Joe
Noun
  • Many Catholics will attend a mass where the priests will smudge ashes on their foreheads in the shape of a cross.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Superiors in the church hierarchy are accused of ignoring the crimes or, in some cases, protecting priests by moving them to new posts once the scandals were made public.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Tutu, the new documentary from Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI, 4 Little Girls), is a behind-the-scenes look at the life of the smiling, joyous rebel clergyman who helped end Apartheid.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The clergyman connected Webster with another church member who was a criminal-defense lawyer.
    Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Theirs is a community so small that Jacob does triple duty as its sheriff, preacher and undertaker, roles that circumstances will shortly consolidate in unhappy fashion.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Jim Sawyer, a gentlemanly preacher and city council member whose public service had been winding towards a peaceful conclusion, was asked to replace him.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In an area that used to produce influential Catholic churchmen the way the Dodgers churned out Rookies of the Year, Gomez has amounted to the living equivalent of a hair shirt: a mode of piety that serves no one but the wearer.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
  • Martini was a key figure in a group of churchmen who met annually in St. Gallen, Switzerland, to ponder how best to blunt John Paul and Ratzinger’s reactionary thrust.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • These beliefs can range from thinking religion should play a larger role in government to believing a president is an agent of the divine.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Your team looks sublime, indomitable even, a touch of the divine.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Two thousand people are expected to attend, including numerous religious figures such as bishops, priests and deacons.
    Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Early Christians cited menstruation as the reason for not allowing female deacons or priests.
    Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The Mexican fan palm, supposedly brought here by the mission-building padres to supply Palm Sunday foliage, can grow taller, maybe 10 stories, and skinnier, and can dip and sway camera-readily in the wind.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • While standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Bhikkhu Pannakara, the leader of the Walk for Peace, thanked the monks' community, the governors, pastors, reverends and local law enforcement officers who welcomed them along their way.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • As the good reverend so eloquently explained, tension or conflict is not a time to run.
    Essence, Essence, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Holy Joe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Holy%20Joe. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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