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Holy Ghost

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Holy Ghost
n. Christianity
The Holy Spirit.
[Middle English holi gost, holy spirit, from Old English hlig gst (translation of Latin spritus snctus) : hlig, holy; see holy + gst, spirit.]
Holy Ghost
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(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) another name for the Holy Spirit
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Noun1.Holy GhostHoly Ghost - the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost
Holy Spirit, Paraclete


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This may seem like a ponderous weight of wisdom to descend upon the soul of a young woman of twenty-eight--perhaps more wisdom than the Holy Ghost is usually pleased to vouchsafe to any woman.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
made me a knight of the Garter, and Queen Anne of Austria has given me the cordon of the Holy Ghost.
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For gracious and merciful art Thou, our Lord, and glory be to Thee, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, now and ever shall be.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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