Usually means: Sacred, revered in religious context.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word holy:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. holy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. holy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. holy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. the holy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. holy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Holy, holy: Wordnik
  7. holy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Holy, holy: Wiktionary
  9. holy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. holy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. holy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Holy, holy: Dictionary.com
  13. holy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. holy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. H.O.L.Y, (One Glance Is) Holy, (One Glance is) Holy, Holy (Bottom), Holy (U.D.O. album), Holy (disambiguation), Holy (short story), Holy, The Holy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Holy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. holy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. holy: Rhymezone
  19. holy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. holy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. holy: Free Dictionary
  22. holy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. holy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. holy: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. holy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. holy: Collins English Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. holy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. holy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. HOLY: Acronym Finder
  3. holy: Idioms

Religion (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Religious Tolerance (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
  3. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. holy, holy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See holier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
adjective:  Revered in a religion.
adjective:  Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so.
adjective:  Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else).
adjective:  Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
adjective:  (slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
noun:  (archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.
adjective:  Alternative letter-case form of holy used when referring to an important figure, such as God, or to an important item or event.

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