"holy war" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: holy wars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} holy war (plural holy wars)
  1. A war which is primarily caused or justified by differences in religion and beliefs. Categories (topical): Religion, War Hyponyms: Crusade, jihad
    Sense id: en-holy_war-en-noun-fImujRlv Disambiguation of Religion: 98 2 0 Disambiguation of War: 35 41 23
  2. (computing, Usenet) A long-running and acrimonious debate or flame war over personal preferences in technical matters, such as the choice between little-endian and big-endian representation. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Computing, War Translations (a type of war — see also war of religion): luftë e shenjtë (Albanian), حَرْب مُقَدَّسَة (ḥarb muqaddasa) [feminine] (Arabic), սրբազան պատերազմ (srbazan paterazm) (Armenian), свята́я вайна́ (svjatája vajná) [feminine] (Belarusian), свеще́на война́ (svešténa vojná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), гӏазот (ğazot) (Chechen), 宗教戰爭 /宗教战争 (zōngjiào zhànzhēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 聖戰 /圣战 (shèngzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), hellig krig [common-gender] (Danish), heilige oorlog [masculine] (Dutch), pyhä sota (Finnish), guerre sainte [feminine] (French), ჯიჰადი (ǯihadi) (Georgian), წმინდა ომი (c̣minda omi) (Georgian), heiliger Krieg [masculine] (German), ιερός πόλεμος (ierós pólemos) [masculine] (Greek), ג'יהאד (jihad) (Hebrew), מלחמת קודש (Hebrew), szent háború (Hungarian), jihad (Indonesian), guerra santa [feminine] (Italian), 聖戦 (seisen) (alt: せいせん) (Japanese), 성전 (seongjeon) (alt: 聖戰) (Korean), perang suci (Malay), perang agama (Malay), perang sabil (Malay), جهاد (jahâd) (Persian), święta wojna [feminine] (Polish), guerra sagrada [feminine] (Portuguese), guerra santa [feminine] (Portuguese), război sfânt [neuter] (Romanian), свяще́нная война́ (svjaščénnaja vojná) [feminine] (Russian), guerra santa [feminine] (Spanish), heligt krig [common-gender] (Swedish), banal na digmaan (Tagalog), din savaşı (Turkish), cihat (Turkish), kutsal savaş (english: literal) [calque] (Turkish), свяще́нна війна́ (svjaščénna vijná) [feminine] (Ukrainian), הייליק מלחמה (heylik milkhama) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  3. (Utah) The rivalry between the sports teams of Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. Categories (topical): College sports, War
    Sense id: en-holy_war-en-noun-2uMb7hRn Disambiguation of College sports: 4 14 82 Disambiguation of War: 35 41 23

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      "sense": "a type of war — see also war of religion",
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      "word": "guerra sagrada"
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      "sense": "a type of war — see also war of religion",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "a type of war — see also war of religion",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "свяще́нная война́"
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      "sense": "a type of war — see also war of religion",
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      "word": "heligt krig"
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      "sense": "a type of war — see also war of religion",
      "word": "banal na digmaan"
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      "sense": "a type of war — see also war of religion",
      "word": "din savaşı"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svjaščénna vijná",
      "sense": "a type of war — see also war of religion",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "свяще́нна війна́"
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "heylik milkhama",
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      "word": "הייליק מלחמה"
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  "word": "holy war"
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