/ˈhəʊli/
#954 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
Connected with God or with religion, and treated with great respect.
Word origin
From Old English halig, from the same root as whole and health.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- halig
- English cognates
- whole, health
Examples
.
Here "holy" means the place is special in religion.
millions .
"Holy" tells you the book is treated with great respect.
.
A "holy day" is a day kept for God or religion.
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueThis word is part of lesson 20.