- pronunciation:
- ho
li
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
holier, holiest |
| definition: |
When something is holy, people of a religion believe that it is a part of God or has been touched by God.
A church is a holy place in the religion of Christianity.The city of Mecca in the country of Saudi Arabia is a holy city for Muslims.The priest read aloud from the holy book.- synonyms:
- sacred
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Holy and
wholly sound alike but have different meanings.