adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a holy day
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Friday is the Muslim holy day.
a holy/sacred vow
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When we get married in church we are making sacred vows.
Holy Bible, the
Holy Communion
Holy Family, the
Holy Father
Holy Ghost, the
Holy Grail
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Nuclear fusion is the Holy Grail of energy production.
Holy Land, the
holy matrimony
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They were joined together in holy matrimony .
holy of holies
Holy See, the
Holy Spirit
holy war
holy water
Holy Week
Holy Writ
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Lenin’s word was by no means accepted as holy writ.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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The Bible as holy literature, the oracles of the Logos, has become for them an inanimate object of scientific investigation.
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She regarded his promise as holy .
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Many of these hills have become known as holy and were often beacon sites.
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Some patients regard diabetic clinic days as holy days and fast for them!
most
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On such a splendid and most holy day you do not want to read about hurt children.
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The Saint died a most holy death on May 2, 1459.
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We were the most unholy trinity on the face of the earth, or else the most holy .
■ NOUN
book
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Did they tease him about his obedience to his parents, his purity, his allegiance to the holy book ?
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Those who do not know, or who would reject, this holy book are in exile from their maker.
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But then, miracles of that kind only happen in holy books or in out of the way places, without scientific proof.
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Theliteral interpretation of the holy book reduced human freedom to a minimum.
city
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There was religious dissension in the holy city of Qom and disaffection in many of the tribal areas.
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Both sides are hinting about innovative arrangements for Jerusalem that satisfy their desire to claim the holy city as their capital.
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In Ashdod, there is an unforgettable chance to visit the holy city of Jerusalem.
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He rode his bicycle like a pilgrim on the quest for a holy city .
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Pictures smuggled out of the country show for the first time how the Shia's holy city was destroyed.
days
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Some patients regard diabetic clinic days as holy days and fast for them!
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A letdown was to be expected after the intense activities of high holy days .
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They observed holy days and rules of diet and put on black hats and went to the Synagogue.
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The couple would only travel to synagogue in Ocala on high holy days .
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We know little of its holy days and less about its teachings, which embrace sharing this planet in peace with others.
father
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No profit in mind, holy Father .
grail
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In fact, perfect information is the unattainable holy grail , but dotcom business brings it that little bit closer.
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Legend has it that he obtained the holy grail from the last supper.
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Today's proliferating new technologies seem to offer advertisers the chance to reach this holy grail .
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For the last few years, the so-called foamless shoe has been the holy grail of the athletic footwear industry.
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They announce that they have found the holy grail .
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It is her holy grail of sorts.
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Instead, we have the enterprise society where profit at any cost has become the holy grail .
land
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From up here, the Forest of Dean was a holy land .
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Psyche, from the regions which Are holy land !
man
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He was Banda's holy man .
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Odysseus then must go down and find the spirit of the prophet Teiresias who had been the holy man of Thebes.
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And Pepino came to the conclusion that if St Francis, who had been a holy man , had been so too.
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As soon as he received it, the holy man who now looked like a scarecrow gave most of it away.
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Your zeide is a rabbi, a holy man .
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Sartre and Freud were holy men to us.
matrimony
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At its strongest, sexuality within holy matrimony was only justified as a necessary part of reproduction.
mountain
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We shall fill our bottles with snow from the holy mountain .
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A campaign to prevent the desecration of the holy mountain was inevitably going to receive support from the Catholic Church.
people
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If socialists are right to perceive losses as a virtue, there are a lot of holy people in the capitalist world.
place
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The scabby, festering evil went out of him at the touch of this holy place .
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Could I possibly spend the rest of my life in this holy place ?
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Christians now had what they had never had before: a network of holy places in their towns.
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Respect this holy place , and abide all fates with composure, as mankind should.
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A holy place , right ...?
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When does holy place become wholly misplaced faith?
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The Old Testament identifies holy places which were probably early cultic weeping places.
relic
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Originally this symbolic seat of power contained holy relics .
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Gripping the key in his pocket as if it were a holy relic , he took his first step into the world.
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To me there is no such thing as a holy relic or place.
site
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The lines are understood locally as tracks linking holy sites .
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One cause of conflict in the plot is the presence of a Mosque on a Hindu holy site .
spirit
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Tongues of the holy spirit of the woods, that trembled but did not go out.
terror
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The prosecutors and defense lawyers regarded Kovitsky as a holy terror .
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He's got holy terror written all over his face, and his eyes are bursting with pure demon.
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I went to him when I was 15, and he was a holy terror .
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As soon as my father was out of the way she became a holy terror .
war
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This is a holy war , you know - spiritual health is more important than the physical kind.
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That misunderstanding led to holy wars .
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But a United Nations expert from Oxford University says action could lead to a holy war .
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Political self-interest and holy war combined to demolish for good the huge structure of empire.
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They were the perfect soldiers for Aenarion's holy war .
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Great Groups are engaged in holy wars .
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The intense zeal on both sides is culminating in a sort of end-of-the-century holy war .
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Political power lies on the side of those who declare a holy war against inflation.
water
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A third held a bucket of holy water towards the priest.
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Two girl-sized statues of angels holding fonts of holy water stood by the main door.
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A silver dish like a holy water font was fastened to the seat in front of me.
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They had been to so many temples and doused themselves with so much holy water , their souls were transparent.
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And he was fed the information from myriad channels, to be dispensed with the holy water on Sundays.
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Sprinkle dirt just like you sprinkle holy water .
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And some of Mr Oats's holy water .
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She brought home a large jar of holy water from the cathedral.
well
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Like most holy wells , it was a natural spring of water, not a man-made sunken well.
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Other sites than stones, such as barrows and holy wells , are also the subject of folklore.
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Then Olivia and her brother, dressed in their priestly robes, pour libations into the holy well .
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Other natural sites acting as terminal points are prominent rock outcrops, springs and holy wells .
writ
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They promptly dumped every economic principle that had once been Labour holy writ .
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He stands in front of the cameras and preaches with unmistakable pomposity, treating his opinions as if they were holy writ .
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It should be remembered that research findings and conclusions are guidelines, not holy writ .
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At that time Freudianizm still prevailed, and Freudian theory was holy writ .
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It is legitimate to speculate about the Devil as long as we do not assume that our speculations have the solidity of holy writ .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be joined in marriage/holy matrimony
take (holy) orders
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Clearly modern businesses can not refuse to take orders by telephone.
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He wanted to take holy orders , but his father prohibited such a step.
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The black alderman took orders from Neistein.
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They were no longer the oppressed, wretched teen menials who must take orders , toe the line.
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We need to sort of shape ya so you know how to take or, take orders and sit into this machine.
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Would they take orders from him?
the Holy Grail
the Holy of Holies
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This curtain covered the entrance to the Holy of Holies.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In Islam, only the Qur'an is considered holy .
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Jerusalem is a holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
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the holy month of Ramadam
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The Koran is the Islamic holy book.
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The priest sprinkled each member of the congregation with holy water.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both sides are hinting about innovative arrangements for Jerusalem that satisfy their desire to claim the holy city as their capital.
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He offered to cook, and because of his holy nature, was acceptable to all.
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In consequence, they threw the holy man into the valley below.
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Like Noah in his ark, they had traveled across the vast oceanic flood to carry out their holy mission.
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The new clergy houses were of a quite different, selfless and holy Gothic architecture.
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There are innumerable holy cards and representations of her.
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They know that it is a sacred and holy name.