"holy water" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: holy waters [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English holy water, haly water, hali water, holiwater, halywater, from Old English hāliġwæter (“holy water”), equivalent to holy + water. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|holy water}} Middle English holy water, {{m|enm|haly water}} haly water, {{m|enm|hali water}} hali water, {{m|enm|holiwater}} holiwater, {{m|enm|halywater}} halywater, {{inh|en|ang|hāliġwæter|t=holy water}} Old English hāliġwæter (“holy water”), {{af|en|holy|water}} holy + water Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} holy water (usually uncountable, plural holy waters)
  1. (Christianity) In certain Christian churches, water that has been sanctified by a priest or bishop for the purpose of baptism or for the blessing of persons, places, or things. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Christianity, Water Translations (water, sanctified): uji i bekuar (Albanian), ajazmë [feminine] (Albanian), مَاء مُقَدَّس (māʔ muqaddas) [masculine] (Arabic), օրհնված ջուր (ōrhnvac ǰur) (Armenian), ur bedeinkatu (Basque), dour benniget [masculine] (Breton), светена вода (svetena voda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), aigua beneita (Catalan), aigua beneïda (Catalan), 聖水 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣水 (shèngshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), tlateōchīhualātl (Classical Nahuatl), svěcená voda [feminine] (Czech), vievand [neuter] (Danish), wijwater [neuter] (Dutch), sankta akvo (Esperanto), püha vesi (Estonian), vihkivesi (Finnish), eau bénite [feminine] (French), წმინდა წყალი (c̣minda c̣q̇ali) (Georgian), ნაკურთხი წყალი (naḳurtxi c̣q̇ali) (Georgian), Weihwasser [neuter] (German), αγίασμα (agíasma) [neuter] (Greek), ykarai (Guaraní), מים קדושים (máyim kdoyshim) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), पवित्र जल (pavitra jal) (Hindi), szenteltvíz (Hungarian), vígt vatn [neuter] (Icelandic), air suci (Indonesian), uisce coisricthe (Irish), acqua benedetta (Italian), acqua santa (Italian), 聖水 (seisui) (alt: せいすい) (Japanese), 성수 (seongsu) (alt: 聖水) (Korean), aqua sancta [feminine] [Christianity] (Latin), aqua lustralis [Ancient-Roman, feminine] [religion, lifestyle] (Latin), svētais ūdens [masculine] (Latvian), šventas vanduo [masculine] (Lithuanian), Wäiwaasser [neuter] (Luxembourgish), крстена вода (krstena voda) [feminine] (Macedonian), светена вода (svetena voda) [feminine] (Macedonian), света вода (sveta voda) [feminine] (Macedonian), осветена вода (osvetena voda) [feminine] (Macedonian), air suci (Malay), vievann [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), آب مقدس (Persian), woda święcona [feminine] (Polish), água benta [feminine] (Portuguese), agheasmă [feminine] (Romanian), apă sfințită [feminine] (Romanian), свята́я вода́ (svjatája vodá) [feminine] (Russian), uisge-coisrigte [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), света вода [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), света водица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sveta voda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sveta vodica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), svätená voda [feminine] (Slovak), sveto vodo [feminine] (Slovene), agua bendita [feminine] (Spanish), vigvatten [neuter] (Swedish), agwa-bendita (Tagalog), น้ำมนตร์ (náam-mon) (Thai), kutsal su (Turkish), агіа́сма (ahiásma) [feminine] (Ukrainian), свячена вода (svjačena voda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), свята вода (svjata voda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), nước thánh (Vietnamese), dŵr swyn [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "vígt vatn"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "word": "air suci"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "word": "uisce coisricthe"
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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",
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          "alt": "せいすい",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "seisui",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "word": "聖水"
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        {
          "alt": "聖水",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seongsu",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "tags": [
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          "topics": [
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          "word": "aqua sancta"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "topics": [
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          "word": "aqua lustralis"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "svētais ūdens"
        },
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "šventas vanduo"
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          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Wäiwaasser"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "krstena voda",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "крстена вода"
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          "roman": "svetena voda",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sveta voda",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "света вода"
        },
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "osvetena voda",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "осветена вода"
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        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "word": "air suci"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "água benta"
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          "word": "uisge-coisrigte"
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          "sense": "water, sanctified",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "agua bendita"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "word": "agwa-bendita"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "náam-mon",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "word": "น้ำมนตร์"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "word": "kutsal su"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ahiásma",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "агіа́сма"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "svjata voda",
          "sense": "water, sanctified",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "holy water"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "holy water"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English holy water",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "haly water"
      },
      "expansion": "haly water",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "hali water"
      },
      "expansion": "hali water",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "holiwater"
      },
      "expansion": "holiwater",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "halywater"
      },
      "expansion": "halywater",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hāliġwæter",
        "t": "holy water"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hāliġwæter (“holy water”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "holy",
        "3": "water"
      },
      "expansion": "holy + water",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English holy water, haly water, hali water, holiwater, halywater, from Old English hāliġwæter (“holy water”), equivalent to holy + water.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holy waters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "holy water (usually uncountable, plural holy waters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjective-noun compound nouns",
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Christianity",
        "en:Water"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper",
          "text": "None comes to this holy feast but they whose sins are cleansed in baptism, who are sanctified in those holy waters of regeneration, who have obedient souls,",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1889, Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy, Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, page 307",
          "text": "... with our signs of the cross and holy waters, our crucifixes and prayers to the saints, our scapulars and medals, our so humiliating auricular confession",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In certain Christian churches, water that has been sanctified by a priest or bishop for the purpose of baptism or for the blessing of persons, places, or things."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "sanctified",
          "sanctified"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) In certain Christian churches, water that has been sanctified by a priest or bishop for the purpose of baptism or for the blessing of persons, places, or things."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "uji i bekuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ajazmë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "māʔ muqaddas",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَاء مُقَدَّس"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ōrhnvac ǰur",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "օրհնված ջուր"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "ur bedeinkatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dour benniget"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svetena voda",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "светена вода"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "aigua beneita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "aigua beneïda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "聖水"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèngshuǐ",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "圣水"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "tlateōchīhualātl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "svěcená voda"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vievand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wijwater"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "sankta akvo"
    },
    {
      "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": "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Weihwasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agíasma",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αγίασμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "ykarai"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vígt vatn"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "air suci"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "uisce coisricthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "acqua benedetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "acqua santa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいすい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seisui",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "聖水"
    },
    {
      "alt": "聖水",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seongsu",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "성수"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ],
      "word": "aqua sancta"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "Ancient-Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "religion",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "aqua lustralis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svētais ūdens"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šventas vanduo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wäiwaasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "krstena voda",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крстена вода"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svetena voda",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "светена вода"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sveta voda",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "света вода"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "osvetena voda",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осветена вода"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "air suci"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vievann"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "word": "آب مقدس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "woda święcona"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "água benta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agheasmă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apă sfințită"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjatája vodá",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свята́я вода́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uisge-coisrigte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "света вода"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "света водица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sveta voda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sveta vodica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "svätená voda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sveto vodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agua bendita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vigvatten"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svjačena voda",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свячена вода"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svjata voda",
      "sense": "water, sanctified",
      "tags": [
        "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "holy water"
}

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