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What (who) is holy - definition

REVERED DUE TO ASSOCIATION WITH HOLINESS

Sacredness (comparative religion); Holy; Sacrilegious; Holy (the Sacred); Sanctity; Hierology; Heirology; Mikudash; Holiness; Sacred (comparative religion); Sacred ground (religion); Holy ground (religion); Sacred studies; Sacred

holy

¦ adjective (holier, holiest)

1. dedicated to God or a religious purpose.

2. morally and spiritually excellent.

3. informal, chiefly N. Amer. used in exclamations of surprise or dismay: holy cow!

Origin

OE halig, of Gmc origin; related to whole.

Holy

·superl Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood.

II. Holy ·superl Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.

holy

a.

1.

Sacred, consecrated, hallowed, blessed, devoted, set apart.

2.

Righteous, saintly, devout, spiritual, saint-like, religious, godly, pious, pure, heavenly-minded, profoundly good.

Wikipedia

Sacredness

Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a "sacred artifact" that is venerated and blessed), or places ("sacred ground").

French sociologist Émile Durkheim considered the dichotomy between the sacred and the profane to be the central characteristic of religion: "religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden."^: 47 In Durkheim's theory, the sacred represents the interests of the group, especially unity, which are embodied in sacred group symbols, or using team work to help get out of trouble. The profane, on the other hand, involve mundane individual concerns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacredness

Examples of use of holy

1. Thus, they refer to Makkah as the holy city, and they say the holy Kaaba, the holy Qur’an, or the holy prophet.

2. Observers could find no holy men or holy women at the conference.

3. The opposite of "holy" is "non–holy." "The State of Israel may not be holy, but it isn‘t impure either," says Navon.

4. The same theory is put forward in The Holy Blood, and the Holy Grail.

5. A state cannot be holy, certainly it cannot always be holy.