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"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "nước thánh"
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"ref": "1660, Jeremy Taylor, “Of Faith, as It is a Necessary Disposition to the Blessed Sacrament. Sect[ion] I. Of Catechumens or Unbaptized Persons.”, in The Worthy Communicant or A Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings Consequent to the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper […], London: […] R. Norton for John Martyn, James Allestry, and Thomas Dicas […], published 1661, →OCLC, page 199:",
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"ref": "1889, Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy, Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, page 307:",
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{
"ref": "1979, “The Catechesis of Cyril of Jerusalem”, in Lucien Deiss, Matthew J. O'Connell, transl., Springtime of the Liturgy:",
"text": "In a parallel way, when you came up from the font and its holy waters, you received chrismation and the mark with which Christ was chrismated.",
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "uji i bekuar"
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"roman": "ōrhnvac ǰur",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "օրհնված ջուր"
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"masculine"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svetena voda",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "aigua beneita"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "aigua beneïda"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shèngshuǐ",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "聖水 /圣水"
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"code": "nci",
"lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "tlateōchīhualātl"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "svěcená voda"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "sankta akvo"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "püha vesi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "vihkivesi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eau bénite"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "auga bendita"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣minda c̣q̇ali",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "წმინდა წყალი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "naḳurtxi c̣q̇ali",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "ნაკურთხი წყალი"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
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"word": "Weihwasser"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "agíasma",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "αγίασμα"
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"code": "gn",
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "ykarai"
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"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "y karai"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "máyim kdoyshim",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "מים קדושים"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pavitra jal",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "पवित्र जल"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "szenteltvíz"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "vígt vatn"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "air suci"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "uisce coisricthe"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "acqua benedetta"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "acqua santa"
},
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"alt": "せいすい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seisui",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "聖水"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "성수"
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"code": "la",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"feminine"
],
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"lifestyle"
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "krstena voda",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "крстена вода"
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "ms",
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"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "air suci"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "آب مقدس"
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"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zowr",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"word": "زور"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "woda święcona"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "água benta"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agheasmă"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apă sfințită"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svjatája vodá",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "свята́я вода́"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"masculine"
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"word": "uisge-coisrigte"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
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"word": "света вода"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
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},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
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"word": "sveta vodica"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "svätená voda"
},
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sveto vodo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agua bendita"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "vigvatten"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "agwa-bendita"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "náam-mon",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "น้ำมนตร์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "kutsal su"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ahiásma",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "агіа́сма"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svjačena voda",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "свячена вода"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "svjata voda",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "свята вода"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"word": "nước thánh"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "water, sanctified",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dŵr swyn"
}
],
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}
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