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{{also|Holy|holý|Holý|holȝ|hoły|hồ ly|hộ lý}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|holie|hooly||archaic}}
* {{alt|en|Holy||when referring to someone or something important}}
* {{alt|en|'oly||pronunciation spelling}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|en|enm|holi}}, {{m|enm|hali}}, from {{inh|en|ang|hāliġ}}, {{m|ang|hāleġ||holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hailag}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hailagaz||holy, bringing health}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*hailaz||healthy, whole}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*kéh₂ilos||healthy, whole}}, equivalent to {{suf|en|whole|y}} and a [[doublet]] of later ''[[wholly]]''.

Cognate with {{cog|sco|haly||holy}}, {{cog|fy|hillich||holy}}, {{cog|nds|hillig||holy}}, {{cog|nl|heilig||holy}}, {{cog|de|heilig||holy}}, {{cog|da|hellig||holy}}, {{cog|sv|helig||holy}}. More at {{l|en|whole}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈhəʊli/|a=RP}}
* {{enPR|hōʹlē|a=US}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈhoʊli/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-holy.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|əʊli|s=2}}
* {{homophones|en|wholly|holey|qq2=in accents without the wholly-holy split}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|er}}

# [[dedicated|Dedicated]] to a [[religious]] purpose or a [[god]].
#: {{ux|en|I'm planning to visit the '''holy''' city of Jerusalem this Christmas.}}
# [[revere|Revered]] in a [[religion]].
#: {{ux|en|''This tree is considered '''holy''' in my culture.''}}
# [[morally|Morally]] [[perfect]] or [[flawless]], or nearly so.
#: {{ux|en|My grandmother is a very '''holy''' woman.}}
# Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else). {{rfex|en}}
# Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
# {{lb|en|slang}} Used as an [[intensifier]] in various [[interjection]]s.
#: {{ux|en|'''Holy''' cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!}}
#: {{ux|en|Those children next door are '''holy''' terrors!}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|dedicated to a religious purpose or a god}} {{l|en|sacred}}, {{l|en|godly}}
* {{sense|revered in a religion}} {{l|en|sacred}}, {{l|en|godly}}
* {{sense|perfect, flawless}} {{l|en|faultless}}, {{l|en|flawless}}, {{l|en|perfect}}
* {{sense|separated or set apart from something}} {{l|en|sanctified}}
* {{sense|set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose}} {{l|en|reserved}}, {{l|en|special}}

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|revered in a religion}} {{l|en|profane}}, {{l|en|secular}}, {{l|en|unholy}}, {{l|en|worldly}}
* {{antsense|perfect, flawless}} {{l|en|damaged}}, {{l|en|defective}}, {{l|en|faulty}}, {{l|en|flawed}}, {{l|en|imperfect}}
* {{antsense|set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose}} {{l|en|common}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4-u|en
|by the holy poker
|court holy bread
|court holy water
|Five Holy Wounds
|for the love of all that is holy
|holier-than-thou
|holier than thou
|holiest of holies
|holiness
|Holiness
|holy balls
|holy bark
|holy based
|holy basil
|Holy Bible
|Holy Blood|holy based|holy hand grenade|holy mother of based|holy year
|Holy Body
|holy bone
|Holybourne
|Holybrook
|holy cannoli
|holy card
|holy carp
|holy catfish
|holy cats
|Holy Communion
|Holy Corner
|holy cow
|holy crap
|holy crap on a cracker
|holy crap on a stick
|holy cricket
|holy crickets
|Holy Cross
|holy cross
|Holycross
|holy cross frog
|holy crow
|holy damn
|holyday
|holy day
|holy day of obligation
|holy doodle
|Holy Eucharist
|Holy Family
|holy fire
|holy flax
|holy fool
|Holy Foreskin
|Holy Friday
|holy fuck
|holy fudge
|Holy Ghost
|holy grail
|Holy Grail
|holy grass
|holy guacamole
|holy Hannah
|Holyhead
|holy hell
|holy hour
|Holy Island
|holy kamoley
|holy kamoly
|Holy Koran
|Holy Liturgy
|Holy Loch
|holy macaroni
|holy mackerel
|holy man
|holy moley
|holy moly
|Holy Monday
|holy Moses
|Holy Mother
|Holy Mother Church
|Holy Mother of God
|Holyoak
|Holy of Holies<!--belongs both here and under the noun-->
|holy orders
|holy piss
|holy poke
|Holy Prepuce
|Holy Quran
|Holy Qur'an
|Holy Qur’an
|Holy Qurbana
|Holy Qurbono
|holy ravioli
|Holy Roman Empire
|holy rood
|Holyrood
|holy sabbath
|holy Sabbath
|Holy Sabbath
|Holy Sacrifice
|Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
|Holy Saturday
|holy scripture
|holy Scripture
|Holy Scripture
|holy scriptures
|holy Scriptures
|Holy Scriptures
|Holy See
|Holy Sepulcher
|Holy Sepulchre
|holy shamoley
|holy shit
|holy shmoly
|holy show
|Holy Shroud
|holy smoke
|holy smokes
|holy snakes
|holy spirit
|Holy Spirit
|holystone
|holy stromboli
|Holy Sunday
|Holy Sunday Church
|holy synod
|Holy Synod
|holy terror
|Holy Thursday
|holy Toledo
|holy trinity
|holy Trinity
|Holy Trinity
|Holy Tuesday
|holy unblack metal
|Holy Vedas
|holy war
|holy water
|holy-water sprinkle
|holy water sprinkler
|Holy Wednesday
|Holy Week
|Holywell
|Holywood
|holy writ
|Holy Writ
|in the name of all that is holy
|Mount of the Holy Cross
|pope-holy
|Stoke Holy Cross
|take holy orders
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|hallow}}
* {{l|en|hallowed}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|dedicated to a religious purpose}}
* Aghwan: {{t|xag|𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|shenjtë}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ቅዱስ}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُقَدَّس|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|مقدس|tr=muʔaddas}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|սուրբ}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|sãntu}}, {{t|rup|sãmtu}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|müqəddəs}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|мөҡәддәс}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|святы́|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|be|свяшчэ́нны|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|свят|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|bg|свеще́н|sc=Cyrl}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|sagrat}}, {{t+|ca|sant}}
* Chagatai: {{t|chg|مقدس}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|神聖|tr=shénshèng}}, {{t+|cmn|聖|tr=shèng}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|sans}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|svatý}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|suant}}
* Danish: {{t|da|hellig}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|heilig}}, {{t+|nl|sacraal}}, {{t+|nl|gewijd}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|ḏsr|h=Dsr:r}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|sankta}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|püha}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|heilagur}}, {{t|fo|halgur}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyhä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|saint}}, {{t+|fr|sacré}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|sant}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|sacro}}, {{t+|gl|sagrado}}
* Ge'ez: {{t|gez|ቅዱስ}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|წმინდა}}
* German: {{t+|de|heilig}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άγιος}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἅγιος}}, {{t|grc|ἱερός}}, {{t|grc|ὅσιος}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|illernartoq}}
* Guaraní: {{t+|gn|marangatu}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קדוש|tr=kadósh|alt=קדוש \ קָדוֹשׁ}}
* Hidatsa: {{t|hid|xubáa}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|पवित्र|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szent}}
* Hunsrik: {{t|hrx|heilich}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|heilagur}}, {{t|is|helgur}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kudus}}, {{t+|id|keramat}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|beannaithe}}, {{t|ga|naofa}}
* Istriot: {{t|ist|santo}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sacro}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|神聖|tr=しんせい, shinsei|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|聖|tr=せいなる, sei naru|alt=聖なる|sc=Jpan}}
* Kashubian: {{t|csb|swiãti}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|거룩하다|alt=거룩한}}, {{t+|ko|신성|alt=신성한}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|sacer}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|svēts}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|šventas}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|helleg}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|свет|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|suci}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പരിശുദ്ധ}}, {{t+|ml|വിശുദ്ധ}}
* Maori: {{t+|mi|tapu}}
* Mari: {{t|mhr|шнуй}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|diyin}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|saint}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|hellig}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|heilag}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|sant}}
*: Old Occitan: {{t|pro|sant}}
* Old Church Slavonic: {{t|cu|свѧтъ}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|hāliġ}}, {{t|ang|hāleġ}}, {{t|ang|hālæġ}}, {{t|ang|hǣliġ}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|مقدس|tr=mukaddes}}, {{t|ota|شریف|tr=şerif}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|مقدس|tr=moqaddas}}, {{t|fa|اسپنتا|tr=espantâ}}, {{t+|fa|سپنتا|tr=sepantâ}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|heilich}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|święty|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|santo}}, {{t+|pt|sagrado}}, {{t+|pt|sacro}}
* Rapa Nui: {{t|rap|tapu}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|sfânt}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|sontg}}, {{t|rm|sogn}}, {{t|rm|son}}, {{t|rm|sench}}, {{t|rm|sonch}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|свято́й}}, {{t+|ru|свяще́нный}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|santu}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|haly}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|naomh}}, {{t|gd|coisrigte}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|свет}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|svet}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|santu}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|svätý}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|svet}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|swěty}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|santo}}, {{t+|es|sagrado}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|helig}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|мөкаддәс}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ศักดิ์สิทธิ์|tr=sàk sìt}}
* Tibetan: {{t-needed|bo}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kutsal}}, {{t+|tr|mukaddes}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|mukaddes}}
* Ugaritic: {{t|uga|𐎖𐎄𐎌}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|святи́й}}, {{t|uk|свяще́нний}}
* Urdu: {{t+|ur|مقدس|tr=muqaddas}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|مۇقەددەس}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|muqaddas}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|santo}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|thánh}} ({{t|vi|聖}}), {{t+|vi|thần thánh}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|sanctaidd}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|הייליק}}
* Yup'ik: {{t|esu|tanqilria}}
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{{trans-top|revered in a religion}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|սուրբ}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|святы́}}, {{t|be|свяшчэ́нны}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|свят}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|sant}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|svatý|m}}, {{t+|cs|posvátný|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|heilig}}, {{t+|nl|sacraal}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|heilagur}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyhä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|saint}}, {{t+|fr|bénit}}
* German: {{t+|de|heilig}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άγιος}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἅγιος}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|iluartoq}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|keramat}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|naofa}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|santo}}
* Lakota: {{t|lkt|wakȟáŋ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|sānctus}}, {{t+|la|sacer}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|свет|m}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|വിശുദ്ധ}}
* Maori: {{t+|mi|tapu}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|diyin}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|hellig}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|heilag}}
* Old Church Slavonic: {{t|cu|свѧтъ}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|hāliġ}}, {{t|ang|hāleġ}}, {{t|ang|hālæġ}}, {{t|ang|hǣliġ}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|شریف|tr=şerif}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|heilich}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|święty|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|sacro}}, {{t+|pt|sagrado|m}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|willka}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|sfânt}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|свято́й}}, {{t+|ru|свяще́нный}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|haly}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|naomh}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|svätý}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|swěty}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|santo}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kutsal}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|святи́й}}, {{t|uk|свяще́нний}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|sanctaidd}}
* Yup'ik: {{t|esu|tanqilria}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|flawless}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|безупречен}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|聖潔|tr=shèngjié}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|foutloos}}, {{t+|nl|heilig}} {{q|in expression: ... huisje}}, {{t+|nl|volmaakt}}, {{t+|nl|perfect}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyhä}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|suci}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|immacolato}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|imaculado}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|свято́й}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|separated from or set apart}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|sagrat}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyhitetty}}
* Rapa Nui: {{t|rap|tapu}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|dedicated for a specific purpose}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|սուրբ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|sagrat}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|heilig}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyhitetty}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ιερός}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קדוש|tr=kadósh|alt=קדוש \ קָדוֹשׁ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|sacer}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|coisrigte}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|slang intensifier}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|halga}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyhä}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|święty|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|свято́й}}, {{t+|ru|бо́жий}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|be mübarek}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+check|af|heilig}}
* Albanian: {{t+check|sq|shenjtë}}
* Esperanto: {{t-check|eo|sankta}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|saint|m}}, {{t+check|fr|sainte|f}}
* German: {{t+check|de|heilig}}
* Hungarian: {{t+check|hu|szent}}
* Korean: {{t-check|ko|신성한|sc=Kore}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t-check|ckb|پیرۆز}}
* Maltese: {{t-check|mt|sagru|m}}, {{t-check|mt|sagra|f}}, {{t-check|mt|sagri|p}}, {{t-check|mt|mqaddes|m}}, {{t-check|mt|mqaddsa|f}}, {{t-check|mt|mqaddsin|p}}
* Old English: {{t-check|ang|hāliġ}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|sfânt}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t-check|sh|свето|n|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Latin: {{t-check|sh|sveto|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+check|sh|svet}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+check|sh|svet}}
* Slovene: {{t+check|sl|svet}}
* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|helig}}
* Telugu: {{t+check|te|పవిత్రమైన|sc=Telu}}, {{t-check|te|పవిత్ర|sc=Telu}}
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===Interjection===
{{en-interj}}

# {{lb|en|slang}} An expression of [[astonishment]] and [[awe]].
#: {{syn|en|holy shit}}

====Usage notes====
* {{a|en|MTE}} When spoken aloud, the first syllable is elongated ("Hoooly!") and stress is placed on the second syllable.

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|archaic}} A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in {{m|en|Holy of Holies}}.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1882|author=Franz von Reber; Joseph Thacher Clarke|title=History of Ancient Art|page=146
|passage=The '''holy''' of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|holiest of holies}}
* {{l|en|Holy of Holies}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|holy thing}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pyhä}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קודש|m|tr=kódesh|alt=קודש \ קֹדֶשׁ}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|светиња|f}}, {{t|mk|светост|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|святы́ня|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|helgedom|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=hloy|hylo-}}

{{cln|en|intensifiers}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|enm|ang|hāliġ}}, from {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hailag}}, from {{der|enm|gem-pro|*hailagaz}}; equivalent to {{af|enm|hool|-y}}.

====Alternative forms====
*{{alt|enm|hooly|holi|hooli|holye|holie|holly|hoolly|holli|hoolli|oly|oli|wholy|woly|hole|hali|haly|hayly|aly|ali|hale|hely|heli|holiȝ|holiȝe|holia|halge|halege|halȝe|hallȝhe|haliȝ|haliȝe|halie}}

====Adjective====
{{enm-adj|holye|holyere|holyest}}

# Dedicated to or separated for a [[religious]] purpose; [[sacred]], [[consecrated]].
# Characterized by [[virtue]] or [[perfection]].
#* {{quote-book|enm|year=1407|title=w:The Testimony of William Thorpe|page=37|passage={{...}}of moost '''holi''' lyuynge, and best taught and moost wyse of heuenly wysdom{{...}}|translation={{...}}of the most '''holy''' living, and the best-taught and wisest heavenly wisdom{{...}}}}

=====Related terms=====
{{col6|enm
|halyday
|halywater
|Holigost
|holite
|holy bred
|holy crosse
|holyhede
|holyliche
|holynesse
|holy rode
|holyschupe
|holy writ
|lyfholy
|lyfholynesse
|pompholy
|popholy
|þurȝhali
}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|holy}}
* {{desc|sco|haly|halie}}
* {{desc|yol|holly|alts=1}}

====Noun====
{{enm-noun|holies}}

# The state of being {{l|en|holy}}; [[holiness]].
# One who is sanctified or made holy; a [[saint]], [[hallow]]
# A [[sacred]] place; a [[sanctuary]]

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|enm|alle goddis holy}}
* {{l|enm|holy of holies}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|holy}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry= holi|pos=adj.(2)|id=MED21022 |accessdate=4 August 2018}}
* {{R:MED Online|entry= holi|pos=n|id=MED21020 |accessdate=4 August 2018}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{suf|enm|hol|-y}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|enm|holi|holly|holli}}

====Adjective====
{{enm-adj}}

# Full of [[hole]]s or [[cavity|cavit]]ies; [[porous]], [[spongy]]; [[hollow]].

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|enm|holinesse}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|holey}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry= holi|pos=adj.(1)|id=MED21021 |accessdate=4 August 2018}}

{{C|enm|Religion}}

==Yola==

===Adjective===
{{head|yol|adjective}}
 
# {{alt form|yol|holly}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|chapter=THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE|number=6|page=96|title=SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage=To our pleoughès an mulk-pylès till a neeshte '''holy''' die.|translation=To our ploughs and our milk-pails till the next '''holi'''day.}}

===References===
* {{R:Poole 1867|page=96}}