Holy

Adjective

 * 1) Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
 * 2) Revered in a religion.
 * 3) Perfect or flawless.
 * 4) Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else).
 * 5) Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
 * 6)  Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
 * Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!

Synonyms

 * sacred
 * sacred
 * faultless, flawless, perfect
 * : sanctified
 * reserved, special

Antonyms

 * profane, secular, unholy, worldly
 * damaged, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect
 * common
 * common
 * common

Derived terms

 * holiest of holies
 * holiness
 * holy cats
 * holy cow
 * holy crap
 * Holy Ghost
 * Holy Grail
 * Holy of Holies
 * holy mackerel
 * holy moly, holy moley
 * holy Moses


 * holy mother of God
 * Holy See
 * holy shit
 * holy smoke
 * holy snakes
 * Holy Spirit
 * holy Toledo
 * Holy Trinity
 * holy war
 * holy water
 * Holy Week

Noun

 * 1)  A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies:.
 * 2) * Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art (1882) p. 146:
 * The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.

Derived terms

 * holiest of holies
 * Holy of Holies

Adverbs for Holy
reverently; sacredly; divinely; altogether; consummately; perfectly; utterly; eternally; gloriously; infinitely; celestially; spiritually; ineffably; majestically; triumphantly; solemnly; consecratedly.

Thesaurus
Christlike, Christly, God-fearing, adored, all-knowing, all-powerful, all-seeing, all-wise, almighty, angelic, awesome, awful, blessed, boundless, celestial, changeless, chaste, clean, consecrated, creating, creative, deference, devout, divine, eternal, eternally the same, everlasting, faithful, glorified, glorious, godlike, godly, godly-minded, good, hallowed, heavenly, highest, holy-minded, homage, immaculate, immortal, immutable, ineffable, inenarrable, inexpressible, infinite, inviolable, inviolate, just, limitless, loving, luminous, majestic, making, merciful, numinous, obeisance, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, one, otherworldly, permanent, perpetual, pietistic, pious, prayerful, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, radiant, religious, revered, reverence, reverenced, reverent, reverential, righteous, sacred, sacrosanct, saintlike, saintly, sanctified, seraphic, shaping, sinless, sovereign, spiritual, spiritual-minded, spotless, supernal, supreme, timeless, ubiquitous, unbounded, unchanging, uncorrupted, undefiled, undefined, unearthly, unlimited, unspeakable, unsullied, untainted, untouchable, unutterable, unworldly, venerable, venerated, worshiped

Etymology
From holi:, hali:, from  halig:, haleg:, from, from , from. Cognate with haly:,  heilig:,  heilig:,  helig:. More at.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: holey
 * Homophones: holey
 * Homophones: holey
 * Homophones: holey
 * Homophones: holey

Adjective

 * Arabic: مقدس
 * Armenian: սուրբ (surb)
 * Danish: hellig
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: קדוש (Ka'dosh), קדושה (Kdo'sha)
 * Indonesian: ,


 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian:
 * Navajo:
 * Old Provençal:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: sfânt, sfântă
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: Thánh


 * Armenian: սուրբ (surb)
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: naofa
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian:


 * Navajo:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Dutch: foutloos,
 * Finnish:


 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:


 * Finnish: pyhitetty


 * Armenian: սուրբ (surb)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pyhitetty


 * Hebrew: קדוש (Ka'dosh), קדושה (Kdo'sha)
 * Latin:
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Finnish:


 * Polish:


 * : heilig
 * : shenjtë
 * : svet
 * : sant
 * : 神聖, 聖潔
 * : svet
 * : sankta
 * : saint, sainte
 * : heilig
 * : ιερό
 * : szent
 * : 神聖な (shinseina)
 * : 신성한 (sinseonghan)


 * : sagru, sagra , sagri , mqaddes , mqaddsa , mqaddsin
 * : hāliġ
 * : sagrada, sagrado , santa , santo
 * : sfânt
 * Cyrillic: свето
 * Latin: sveto
 * Cyrillic: свето
 * Latin: sveto


 * : svet, sveta , sveto
 * : helig
 * : పవిత్రమైన (pavitramaina), పవిత్ర (pavitra)

Noun

 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew: קדש (kodesh)
 * Macedonian:, светост


 * Russian:
 * Swedish: helgedom