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holy water

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holy water
n.
Water blessed by a priest and used for religious purposes.
holy water
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic rituals of purification
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Noun1.holy water - water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purificationholy water - water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification
H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
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I had but to make the sign of the cross, sprinkle some holy water upon them, and call them by their sweet secret names, and the whole rout had been off to the woods, with mad gambol and song, before the eyes of the astonished farmer.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
The moment the housekeeper saw them she turned about and ran out of the room, and came back immediately with a saucer of holy water and a sprinkler, saying, "Here, your worship, senor licentiate, sprinkle this room; don't leave any magician of the many there are in these books to bewitch us in revenge for our design of banishing them from the world.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
grew up out of the ground where a priest had spilled holy water.
The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
 
 
 
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