"holy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhəʊli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhoʊli/ [US] Audio: en-us-holy.ogg [US] Forms: holier [comparative], holiest [superlative]
enPR: hōʹlē Rhymes: -əʊli Etymology: From Middle English holi, hali, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”), equivalent to whole + -y and a doublet of later wholly. Cognates Cognate with Scots haly (“holy”), West Frisian hillich (“holy”), Low German hillig (“holy”), Dutch heilig (“holy”), German heilig (“holy”), Danish hellig (“holy”), Swedish helig (“holy”). More at whole. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|holi}} Middle English holi, {{m|enm|hali}} hali, {{inh|en|ang|hāliġ}} Old English hāliġ, {{m|ang|hāleġ||holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame}} hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hailag}} Proto-West Germanic *hailag, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hailagaz||holy, bringing health}} Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*hailaz||healthy, whole}} Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kéh₂ilos||healthy, whole}} Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”), {{suffix|en|whole|y}} whole + -y, {{cog|sco|haly||holy}} Scots haly (“holy”), {{cog|fy|hillich||holy}} West Frisian hillich (“holy”), {{cog|nds|hillig||holy}} Low German hillig (“holy”), {{cog|nl|heilig||holy}} Dutch heilig (“holy”), {{cog|de|heilig||holy}} German heilig (“holy”), {{cog|da|hellig||holy}} Danish hellig (“holy”), {{cog|sv|helig||holy}} Swedish helig (“holy”), {{l|en|whole}} whole Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} holy (comparative holier, superlative holiest)
  1. Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god. Synonyms (dedicated to a religious purpose or a god): sacred Translations (dedicated to a religious purpose): 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙 (muc̣'ur) (Aghwan), shenjtë (Albanian), ቅዱስ (ḳədus) (Amharic), ἅγιος (hágios) (Ancient Greek), ἱερός (hierós) (Ancient Greek), ὅσιος (hósios) (Ancient Greek), ⁧مُقَدَّس⁩ (muqaddas) [masculine] (Arabic), ⁧مقدس⁩ (muʔaddas) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), սուրբ (surb) (Armenian), sãntu (Aromanian), sãmtu (Aromanian), müqəddəs (Azerbaijani), мөҡәддәс (möqəddəs) (Bashkir), святы́ (svjatý) (Belarusian), свяшчэ́нны (svjaščénny) (Belarusian), свят (svjat) (Bulgarian), свеще́н (sveštén) (Bulgarian), sagrat (Catalan), sagrada [feminine] (Catalan), sant [masculine] (Catalan), santa [feminine] (Catalan), ⁧مقدس⁩ (Chagatai), 神聖 (Chinese Mandarin), 神圣 (shénshèng) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (shèng) (Chinese Mandarin), svatý (Czech), suant (Dalmatian), hellig (Danish), heilig (Dutch), sacraal (Dutch), gewijd (Dutch), Dsr:r (ḏsr) (Egyptian), sankta (Esperanto), püha (Estonian), heilagur (Faroese), halgur (Faroese), pyhä (Finnish), saint (French), sacré (French), sant (Friulian), sagrado [masculine] (Galician), sacro [masculine] (Galician), ቅዱስ (ḳədus) (Ge'ez), წმინდა (c̣minda) (Georgian), heilig (German), 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs) (Gothic), άγιος (ágios) (Greek), illernartoq (Greenlandic), marangatu (Guaraní), ⁧קדוש⁩ (ka'dosh) [masculine] (Hebrew), ⁧קדושה⁩ (kdo'sha) [feminine] (Hebrew), xubáa (Hidatsa), पवित्र (pavitra) [feminine] (Hindi), szent (Hungarian), heilich (Hunsrik), heilagur (Icelandic), helgur (Icelandic), kudus (Indonesian), keramat (Indonesian), beannaithe (Irish), naofa (Irish), santo (Istriot), sacro (Italian), 神聖 (shinsei) (alt: しんせい) (Japanese), 聖なる (sei naru) (alt: せいなる) (Japanese), swiãti (Kashubian), 거룩한 (georukhan) (Korean), 신성한 (sinseonghan) (Korean), sacer (Latin), svēts (Latvian), šventas (Lithuanian), swěty (Lower Sorbian), helleg (Luxembourgish), свет (svet) [masculine] (Macedonian), suci (Malay), പരിശുദ്ധ (pariśuddha) (Malayalam), വിശുദ്ധ (viśuddha) (Malayalam), tapu (Maori), шнуй (šnuj) (Mari), diyin (Navajo), saint (Norman), hellig (Norwegian Bokmål), sant (Occitan), свѧтъ (svętŭ) (Old Church Slavonic), hāliġ (Old English), sant (Old Occitan), ⁧مقدس⁩ (mukaddes) (Ottoman Turkish), ⁧مقدس⁩ (moqaddas) (Persian), ⁧اسپنتا⁩ (espantâ) (Persian), ⁧سپنتا⁩ (sepantâ) (Persian), heilich (Plautdietsch), święty [masculine] (Polish), santo (Portuguese), sagrado (Portuguese), sacro (Portuguese), tapu (Rapa Nui), sfânt [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), sfântă [feminine] (Romanian), sontg (Romansch), sogn (Romansch), son (Romansch), sench (Romansch), sonch (Romansch), свято́й (svjatój) (Russian), свяще́нный (svjaščénnyj) (Russian), santu (Sardinian), haly (Scots), naomh (Scottish Gaelic), coisrigte (Scottish Gaelic), свет [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), svet [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), santu (Sicilian), svätý (Slovak), svet (Slovene), santo (Spanish), sagrado (Spanish), helig (Swedish), мөкаддәс (mökaddäs) (Tatar), ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ (sàk sìt) (Thai), kutsal (Turkish), mukaddes (Turkish), mukaddes (Turkmen), 𐎖𐎄𐎌 (qdš) (Ugaritic), святи́й (svjatýj) (Ukrainian), свяще́нний (svjaščénnyj) (Ukrainian), ⁧مقدس⁩ (muqaddas) (Urdu), ⁧مۇقەددەس⁩ (muqeddes) (Uyghur), muqaddas (Uzbek), santo (Venetian), thánh (alt: ) (Vietnamese), thần thánh (Vietnamese), sanctaidd (Welsh), ⁧הייליק⁩ (heylik) (Yiddish), tanqilria (Yup'ik)
    Sense id: en-holy-en-adj-nBPhHuXr Disambiguation of 'dedicated to a religious purpose or a god': 83 0 0 2 14 1 Disambiguation of 'dedicated to a religious purpose': 53 1 0 4 40 2
  2. Revered in a religion. Synonyms (revered in a religion): sacred Translations (revered in a religion): ἅγιος (hágios) (Ancient Greek), սուրբ (surb) (Armenian), святы́ (svjatý) (Belarusian), свяшчэ́нны (svjaščénny) (Belarusian), свят (svjat) (Bulgarian), sant (Catalan), svatý [masculine] (Czech), posvátný [masculine] (Czech), heilig (Dutch), sacraal (Dutch), heilagur (Faroese), pyhä (Finnish), saint (French), bénit (French), heilig (German), 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs) (Gothic), άγιος (ágios) (Greek), iluartoq (Greenlandic), keramat (Indonesian), naofa (Irish), santo (Italian), wakȟáŋ (Lakota), sanctus (Latin), sacer (Latin), swěty (Lower Sorbian), свет (svet) [masculine] (Macedonian), വിശുദ്ധ (viśuddha) (Malayalam), tapu (Maori), diyin (Navajo), hellig (Norwegian Bokmål), свѧтъ (svętŭ) (Old Church Slavonic), hāliġ (Old English), heilich (Plautdietsch), święty [masculine] (Polish), sagrado [masculine] (Portuguese), sacro (Portuguese), willka (Quechua), sfânt [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), sfântă [feminine] (Romanian), свято́й (svjatój) (Russian), свяще́нный (svjaščénnyj) (Russian), haly (Scots), naomh (Scottish Gaelic), svätý (Slovak), santo (Spanish), kutsal (Turkish), святи́й (svjatýj) (Ukrainian), свяще́нний (svjaščénnyj) (Ukrainian), sanctaidd (Welsh), tanqilria (Yup'ik)
    Sense id: en-holy-en-adj-2yb9Cidv Disambiguation of 'revered in a religion': 4 90 0 1 1 3 Disambiguation of 'revered in a religion': 1 93 0 1 2 3
  3. Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so. Synonyms (flawless): faultless [perfect], flawless [perfect], perfect [perfect] Translations (flawless): безупречен (bezuprečen) (Bulgarian), 聖潔 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣洁 (shèngjié) (Chinese Mandarin), foutloos (Dutch), ... huisje) heilig (english: (in expression) (Dutch), volmaakt (Dutch), perfect (Dutch), pyhä (Finnish), suci (Indonesian), immacolato (Italian), imaculado (Portuguese), свято́й (svjatój) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-holy-en-adj-c0oNh4WR Disambiguation of 'flawless': 1 1 78 17 2 1 Disambiguation of 'flawless': 1 1 78 17 2 1
  4. Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else). Synonyms (separated or set apart from something): sanctified
    Sense id: en-holy-en-adj-~DbabyDq Disambiguation of 'separated or set apart from something': 1 1 2 63 33 0
  5. Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person. Synonyms (set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose): reserved, special Translations (dedicated for a specific purpose): սուրբ (surb) (Armenian), sagrat (Catalan), heilig (Dutch), pyhitetty (Finnish), ιερός (ierós) (Greek), ⁧קדוש⁩ (ka'dosh) [masculine] (Hebrew), ⁧קדושה⁩ (kdo'sha) [feminine] (Hebrew), sacer (Latin), coisrigte (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-holy-en-adj-bXDHpB9k Disambiguation of 'set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose': 7 1 0 40 52 1 Disambiguation of 'dedicated for a specific purpose': 31 1 0 4 62 2
  6. (slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections. Tags: slang Translations (slang intensifier): halga (Faroese), pyhä (Finnish), święty [masculine] (Polish), свято́й (svjatój) (Russian), бо́жий (bóžij) (Russian), be mübarek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-holy-en-adj-rV8OapMa Disambiguation of 'slang intensifier': 4 3 0 18 14 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: holie, hooly [archaic], Holy (english: when referring to someone or something important), 'oly [pronunciation-spelling] Related terms: hallow, hallowed Translations (separated from or set apart): sagrat (Catalan), pyhitetty (Finnish), tapu (Rapa Nui)
Derived forms: by the holy poker, court holy bread, court holy water, Five Holy Wounds, for the love of all that is holy, holier-than-thou, holier than thou, Holiness, holiness, holy balls, holy bark, holy basil, Holy Bible, Holy Blood, Holy Body, holy bone, Holybourne, Holybrook, holy cannoli, holy card, holy carp, holy catfish, holy cats, Holy Communion, Holy Corner, holy cow, holy crap, holy crap on a cracker, holy crap on a stick, holy cricket, holy crickets, holy cross, Holycross, Holy Cross, holy cross frog, holy crow, holy damn, holyday, holy day, holy day of obligation, holy doodle, Holy Eucharist, Holy Family, holy fire, holy flax, holy fool, Holy Foreskin, Holy Friday, holy fuck, holy fudge, Holy Ghost, holy grail, Holy Grail, holy grass, holy guacamole, holy Hannah, Holyhead, holy hell, holy hour, Holy Island, holy kamoley, holy kamoly, Holy Koran, Holy Liturgy, Holy Loch, holy macaroni, holy mackerel, holy man, holy moley, holy moly, Holy Monday, holy Moses, Holy Mother, Holy Mother of God, Holyoak, holy orders, holy piss, holy poke, Holy Prepuce, Holy Qur'an, Holy Quran, Holy Qurbana, Holy Qurbono, Holy Qur’an, holy ravioli, Holy Roman Empire, Holyrood, holy rood, Holy Sacrifice, Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Holy Saturday, Holy See, Holy Sepulcher, Holy Sepulchre, holy shamoley, holy shit, holy shmoly, holy show, Holy Shroud, holy smoke, holy smokes, holy snakes, Holy Spirit, holy spirit, holystone, holy stromboli, Holy Sunday, Holy Sunday Church, holy synod, Holy Synod, holy terror, Holy Thursday, holy Toledo, Holy Trinity, holy trinity, holy Trinity, Holy Tuesday, holy unblack metal, holy war, holy water, holy-water sprinkle, holy water sprinkler, Holy Wednesday, Holy Week, Holywell, Holywood, holy writ, Holy Writ, in the name of all that is holy, Mount of the Holy Cross, pope-holy, Stoke Holy Cross, take holy orders, holiest of holies, Holy of Holies Disambiguation of 'separated from or set apart': 1 1 0 51 46 1

Interjection

IPA: /ˈhəʊli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhoʊli/ [US] Audio: en-us-holy.ogg [US]
enPR: hōʹlē Rhymes: -əʊli Etymology: From Middle English holi, hali, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”), equivalent to whole + -y and a doublet of later wholly. Cognates Cognate with Scots haly (“holy”), West Frisian hillich (“holy”), Low German hillig (“holy”), Dutch heilig (“holy”), German heilig (“holy”), Danish hellig (“holy”), Swedish helig (“holy”). More at whole. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|holi}} Middle English holi, {{m|enm|hali}} hali, {{inh|en|ang|hāliġ}} Old English hāliġ, {{m|ang|hāleġ||holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame}} hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hailag}} Proto-West Germanic *hailag, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hailagaz||holy, bringing health}} Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*hailaz||healthy, whole}} Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kéh₂ilos||healthy, whole}} Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”), {{suffix|en|whole|y}} whole + -y, {{cog|sco|haly||holy}} Scots haly (“holy”), {{cog|fy|hillich||holy}} West Frisian hillich (“holy”), {{cog|nds|hillig||holy}} Low German hillig (“holy”), {{cog|nl|heilig||holy}} Dutch heilig (“holy”), {{cog|de|heilig||holy}} German heilig (“holy”), {{cog|da|hellig||holy}} Danish hellig (“holy”), {{cog|sv|helig||holy}} Swedish helig (“holy”), {{l|en|whole}} whole Head templates: {{en-interj}} holy
  1. (slang) An expression of astonishment and awe. Tags: slang Synonyms: holy shit
    Sense id: en-holy-en-intj-QXkQyLSA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: holie, hooly [archaic], Holy (english: when referring to someone or something important), 'oly [pronunciation-spelling]

Noun

IPA: /ˈhəʊli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhoʊli/ [US] Audio: en-us-holy.ogg [US] Forms: holies [plural]
enPR: hōʹlē Rhymes: -əʊli Etymology: From Middle English holi, hali, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”), equivalent to whole + -y and a doublet of later wholly. Cognates Cognate with Scots haly (“holy”), West Frisian hillich (“holy”), Low German hillig (“holy”), Dutch heilig (“holy”), German heilig (“holy”), Danish hellig (“holy”), Swedish helig (“holy”). More at whole. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|holi}} Middle English holi, {{m|enm|hali}} hali, {{inh|en|ang|hāliġ}} Old English hāliġ, {{m|ang|hāleġ||holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame}} hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hailag}} Proto-West Germanic *hailag, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hailagaz||holy, bringing health}} Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*hailaz||healthy, whole}} Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kéh₂ilos||healthy, whole}} Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”), {{suffix|en|whole|y}} whole + -y, {{cog|sco|haly||holy}} Scots haly (“holy”), {{cog|fy|hillich||holy}} West Frisian hillich (“holy”), {{cog|nds|hillig||holy}} Low German hillig (“holy”), {{cog|nl|heilig||holy}} Dutch heilig (“holy”), {{cog|de|heilig||holy}} German heilig (“holy”), {{cog|da|hellig||holy}} Danish hellig (“holy”), {{cog|sv|helig||holy}} Swedish helig (“holy”), {{l|en|whole}} whole Head templates: {{en-noun}} holy (plural holies)
  1. (archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies. Tags: archaic Translations (holy thing): pyhä (Finnish), ⁧קדש⁩ (kodesh) (Hebrew), светиња (svetinja) [feminine] (Macedonian), светост (svetost) [feminine] (Macedonian), святы́ня (svjatýnja) [feminine] (Russian), helgedom (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-holy-en-noun-F0ygLx6D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: holie, hooly [archaic], Holy (english: when referring to someone or something important), 'oly [pronunciation-spelling] Derived forms: holiest of holies, Holy of Holies

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy flax"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy fool"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Foreskin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Friday"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy fuck"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy fudge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Ghost"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy grail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Grail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy grass"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy guacamole"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy Hannah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holyhead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy hell"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy hour"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Island"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy kamoley"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy kamoly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Koran"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Liturgy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Loch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy macaroni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy mackerel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy man"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy moley"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy moly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Monday"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy Moses"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Mother"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Mother of God"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holyoak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy orders"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy piss"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy poke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Prepuce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Qur'an"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Quran"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Qurbana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Qurbono"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Qur’an"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy ravioli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Roman Empire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holyrood"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy rood"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Sacrifice"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Sacrifice of the Mass"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Saturday"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy See"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Sepulcher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Sepulchre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy shamoley"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy shit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy shmoly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy show"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Shroud"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy smoke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy smokes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy snakes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Spirit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy spirit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holystone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy stromboli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Sunday"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Sunday Church"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy synod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Synod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy terror"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Thursday"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy Toledo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Trinity"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy trinity"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy Trinity"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Tuesday"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy unblack metal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy war"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy water"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy-water sprinkle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy water sprinkler"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Wednesday"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Week"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holywell"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holywood"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holy writ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy Writ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "in the name of all that is holy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Mount of the Holy Cross"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pope-holy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Stoke Holy Cross"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "take holy orders"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holiest of holies"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Holy of Holies"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "holi"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English holi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "hali"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hāliġ"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "hāleġ",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hailag"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hailag",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hailagaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "holy, bringing health"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hailaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "healthy, whole"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kéh₂ilos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "healthy, whole"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whole",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "whole + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "haly",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots haly (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "hillich",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian hillich (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "hillig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German hillig (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "heilig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch heilig (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "heilig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "German heilig (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "hellig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish hellig (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "helig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish helig (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whole"
      },
      "expansion": "whole",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English holi, hali, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”), equivalent to whole + -y and a doublet of later wholly.\nCognates\nCognate with Scots haly (“holy”), West Frisian hillich (“holy”), Low German hillig (“holy”), Dutch heilig (“holy”), German heilig (“holy”), Danish hellig (“holy”), Swedish helig (“holy”). More at whole.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "holy (comparative holier, superlative holiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hallow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hallowed"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm planning to visit the holy city of Jerusalem this Christmas."
        }
      ],
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        "Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god."
      ],
      "id": "en-holy-en-adj-nBPhHuXr",
      "links": [
        [
          "Dedicated",
          "dedicated"
        ],
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 0 2 14 1",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose or a god",
          "word": "sacred"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "xag",
          "lang": "Aghwan",
          "roman": "muc̣'ur",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "shenjtë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "am",
          "lang": "Amharic",
          "roman": "ḳədus",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "ቅዱስ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muqaddas",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧مُقَدَّس⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muʔaddas",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "⁧مقدس⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "surb",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "սուրբ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sãntu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sãmtu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "müqəddəs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "möqəddəs",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "мөҡәддәс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "svjatý",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "святы́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "svjaščénny",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "свяшчэ́нны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svjat",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "свят"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sveštén",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "свеще́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sagrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sagrada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "santa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "chg",
          "lang": "Chagatai",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "⁧مقدس⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "神聖"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shénshèng",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "神圣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "聖"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shèng",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "圣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "svatý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "dlm",
          "lang": "Dalmatian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "suant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "hellig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "heilig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sacraal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "gewijd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "ḏsr",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "Dsr:r"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sankta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "püha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "heilagur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "halgur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "pyhä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "saint"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sacré"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sagrado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sacro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "gez",
          "lang": "Ge'ez",
          "roman": "ḳədus",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "ቅዱስ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣minda",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "წმინდა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "heilig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "weihs",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ágios",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "άγιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hágios",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "ἅγιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hierós",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "ἱερός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hósios",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "ὅσιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "illernartoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "gn",
          "lang": "Guaraní",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "marangatu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ka'dosh",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧קדוש⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kdo'sha",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧קדושה⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "hid",
          "lang": "Hidatsa",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "xubáa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pavitra",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "पवित्र"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "szent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "hrx",
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "heilich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "heilagur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "helgur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "kudus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "keramat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "beannaithe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "naofa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ist",
          "lang": "Istriot",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "santo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sacro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "alt": "しんせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shinsei",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "神聖"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "alt": "せいなる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sei naru",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "聖なる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "csb",
          "lang": "Kashubian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "swiãti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "georukhan",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "거룩한"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sinseonghan",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "신성한"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sacer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "svēts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "šventas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "helleg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "svet",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "свет"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "suci"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "pariśuddha",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "പരിശുദ്ധ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "viśuddha",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "വിശുദ്ധ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "tapu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Mari",
          "roman": "šnuj",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "шнуй"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "diyin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "saint"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "hellig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "pro",
          "lang": "Old Occitan",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
          "roman": "svętŭ",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "свѧтъ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "hāliġ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "mukaddes",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "⁧مقدس⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "moqaddas",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "⁧مقدس⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "espantâ",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "⁧اسپنتا⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sepantâ",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "⁧سپنتا⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "heilich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "święty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "santo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sagrado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sacro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "rap",
          "lang": "Rapa Nui",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "tapu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sfânt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sfântă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sontg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sogn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "son"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sench"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sonch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svjatój",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "свято́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svjaščénnyj",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "свяще́нный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "santu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "haly"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "naomh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "coisrigte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "свет"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "svet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "santu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "svätý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "svet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "swěty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "santo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sagrado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "helig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "mökaddäs",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "мөкаддәс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sàk sìt",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "ศักดิ์สิทธิ์"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "kutsal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "mukaddes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "mukaddes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "qdš",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "𐎖𐎄𐎌"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "svjatýj",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "святи́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "svjaščénnyj",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "свяще́нний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "muqaddas",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "⁧مقدس⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "muqeddes",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "⁧مۇقەددەس⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "muqaddas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "santo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "alt": "聖",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "thánh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "thần thánh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "sanctaidd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "heylik",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "⁧הייליק⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "53 1 0 4 40 2",
          "code": "esu",
          "lang": "Yup'ik",
          "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
          "word": "tanqilria"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This tree is considered holy in my culture.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Revered in a religion."
      ],
      "id": "en-holy-en-adj-2yb9Cidv",
      "links": [
        [
          "Revered",
          "revere"
        ],
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 90 0 1 1 3",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "sacred"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "surb",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "սուրբ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "svjatý",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "святы́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "svjaščénny",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "свяшчэ́нны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svjat",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "свят"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "sant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "svatý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "posvátný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "heilig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "sacraal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "heilagur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "pyhä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "saint"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "bénit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "heilig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "weihs",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ágios",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "άγιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hágios",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "ἅγιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "iluartoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "keramat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "naofa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "santo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "lkt",
          "lang": "Lakota",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "wakȟáŋ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "sanctus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "sacer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "svet",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "свет"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "viśuddha",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "വിശുദ്ധ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "tapu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "diyin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "hellig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
          "roman": "svętŭ",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "свѧтъ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "hāliġ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "heilich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "święty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sagrado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "sacro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "willka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sfânt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sfântă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svjatój",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "свято́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svjaščénnyj",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "свяще́нный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "haly"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "naomh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "svätý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "swěty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "santo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "kutsal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "svjatýj",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "святи́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "svjaščénnyj",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "свяще́нний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "sanctaidd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 93 0 1 2 3",
          "code": "esu",
          "lang": "Yup'ik",
          "sense": "revered in a religion",
          "word": "tanqilria"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My grandmother is a very holy woman.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so."
      ],
      "id": "en-holy-en-adj-c0oNh4WR",
      "links": [
        [
          "Morally",
          "morally"
        ],
        [
          "perfect",
          "perfect"
        ],
        [
          "flawless",
          "flawless"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "tags": [
            "perfect"
          ],
          "word": "faultless"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "tags": [
            "perfect"
          ],
          "word": "flawless"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "tags": [
            "perfect"
          ],
          "word": "perfect"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezuprečen",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "word": "безупречен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "word": "聖潔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shèngjié",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "word": "圣洁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "word": "foutloos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "english": "(in expression",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "word": "... huisje) heilig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "word": "volmaakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "word": "perfect"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "word": "pyhä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "word": "suci"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "word": "immacolato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "word": "imaculado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 78 17 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svjatój",
          "sense": "flawless",
          "word": "свято́й"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else)."
      ],
      "id": "en-holy-en-adj-~DbabyDq",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 2 63 33 0",
          "sense": "separated or set apart from something",
          "word": "sanctified"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person."
      ],
      "id": "en-holy-en-adj-bXDHpB9k",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 1 0 40 52 1",
          "sense": "set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose",
          "word": "reserved"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 1 0 40 52 1",
          "sense": "set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose",
          "word": "special"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "31 1 0 4 62 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "surb",
          "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
          "word": "սուրբ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 1 0 4 62 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
          "word": "sagrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 1 0 4 62 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
          "word": "heilig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 1 0 4 62 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
          "word": "pyhitetty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 1 0 4 62 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ierós",
          "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
          "word": "ιερός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 1 0 4 62 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ka'dosh",
          "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧קדוש⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 1 0 4 62 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kdo'sha",
          "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧קדושה⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 1 0 4 62 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
          "word": "sacer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 1 0 4 62 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
          "word": "coisrigte"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!"
        },
        {
          "text": "Those children next door are holy terrors!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as an intensifier in various interjections."
      ],
      "id": "en-holy-en-adj-rV8OapMa",
      "links": [
        [
          "intensifier",
          "intensifier"
        ],
        [
          "interjection",
          "interjection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 0 18 14 60",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "slang intensifier",
          "word": "halga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 0 18 14 60",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "slang intensifier",
          "word": "pyhä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 0 18 14 60",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "slang intensifier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "święty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 0 18 14 60",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svjatój",
          "sense": "slang intensifier",
          "word": "свято́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 0 18 14 60",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bóžij",
          "sense": "slang intensifier",
          "word": "бо́жий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 0 18 14 60",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "slang intensifier",
          "word": "be mübarek"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊli"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wholly"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "holey (in accents without the wholly-holy split)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-holy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/En-us-holy.ogg/En-us-holy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/En-us-holy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hōʹlē"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "holie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "hooly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "when referring to someone or something important",
      "word": "Holy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ],
      "word": "'oly"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 0 51 46 1",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "separated from or set apart",
      "word": "sagrat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 0 51 46 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "separated from or set apart",
      "word": "pyhitetty"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 0 51 46 1",
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "separated from or set apart",
      "word": "tapu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "holy"
}

{
  "categories": [],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "holi"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English holi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "hali"
      },
      "expansion": "hali",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hāliġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hāliġ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hāleġ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame"
      },
      "expansion": "hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hailag"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hailag",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hailagaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "holy, bringing health"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hailaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "healthy, whole"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kéh₂ilos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "healthy, whole"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whole",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "whole + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "haly",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots haly (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "hillich",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian hillich (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "hillig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German hillig (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "heilig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch heilig (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "heilig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
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    "Requests for review of Albanian translations",
    "Requests for review of Central Kurdish translations",
    "Requests for review of Esperanto translations",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Requests for review of German translations",
    "Requests for review of Hungarian translations",
    "Requests for review of Korean translations",
    "Requests for review of Maltese translations",
    "Requests for review of Old English translations",
    "Requests for review of Romanian translations",
    "Requests for review of Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Requests for review of Slovene translations",
    "Requests for review of Swedish translations",
    "Requests for review of Telugu translations"
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      "word": "by the holy poker"
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      "word": "court holy bread"
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      "word": "court holy water"
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      "word": "Five Holy Wounds"
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      "word": "holy card"
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      "word": "holy carp"
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      "word": "holy catfish"
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      "word": "holy cats"
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      "word": "Holy Communion"
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      "word": "Holy Corner"
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      "word": "holy cow"
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      "word": "holy cross"
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      "word": "Holycross"
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      "word": "Holy Cross"
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      "word": "holy cross frog"
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      "word": "holy crow"
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      "word": "holy damn"
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    {
      "word": "holy day"
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      "word": "holy doodle"
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      "word": "Holy Eucharist"
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      "word": "Holy Family"
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      "word": "holy fire"
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    {
      "word": "holy flax"
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    {
      "word": "holy fool"
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    {
      "word": "Holy Foreskin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Holy Friday"
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    {
      "word": "holy fuck"
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      "word": "holy fudge"
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      "word": "Holy Ghost"
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      "word": "holy grail"
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      "word": "Holy Grail"
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      "word": "holy grass"
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      "word": "holy guacamole"
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      "word": "holy Hannah"
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      "word": "Holyhead"
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      "word": "holy hell"
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      "word": "holy hour"
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      "word": "Holy Island"
    },
    {
      "word": "holy kamoley"
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    {
      "word": "holy kamoly"
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      "word": "Holy Koran"
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      "word": "Holy Liturgy"
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      "word": "Holy Loch"
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      "word": "holy macaroni"
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      "word": "holy mackerel"
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      "word": "holy man"
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      "word": "holy moley"
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      "word": "holy moly"
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      "word": "Holy Monday"
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      "word": "holy Moses"
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      "word": "Holy Mother"
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      "word": "Holy Mother of God"
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      "word": "holy orders"
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      "word": "holy piss"
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      "word": "holy poke"
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      "word": "Holy Prepuce"
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      "word": "Holy Qur'an"
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      "word": "Holy Qurbono"
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      "word": "Holy Qur’an"
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      "word": "Holy Roman Empire"
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      "word": "Holyrood"
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      "word": "holy rood"
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      "word": "Holy Sacrifice of the Mass"
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      "word": "Holy Saturday"
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      "word": "Holy See"
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      "word": "Holy Sepulcher"
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      "word": "Holy Sepulchre"
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      "word": "holy shamoley"
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      "word": "holy shit"
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      "word": "holy shmoly"
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      "word": "holy show"
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      "word": "Holy Shroud"
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      "word": "holy smoke"
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      "word": "holy smokes"
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      "word": "holy snakes"
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    {
      "word": "Holy Spirit"
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      "word": "holy spirit"
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      "word": "holystone"
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    {
      "word": "holy stromboli"
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      "word": "Holy Sunday"
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    {
      "word": "Holy Sunday Church"
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      "word": "holy synod"
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    {
      "word": "Holy Synod"
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      "word": "holy terror"
    },
    {
      "word": "Holy Thursday"
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    {
      "word": "holy Toledo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Holy Trinity"
    },
    {
      "word": "holy trinity"
    },
    {
      "word": "holy Trinity"
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    {
      "word": "Holy Tuesday"
    },
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      "word": "holy unblack metal"
    },
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      "word": "holy war"
    },
    {
      "word": "holy water"
    },
    {
      "word": "holy-water sprinkle"
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    {
      "word": "holy water sprinkler"
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      "word": "Holy Wednesday"
    },
    {
      "word": "Holy Week"
    },
    {
      "word": "Holywell"
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    {
      "word": "Holywood"
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    {
      "word": "holy writ"
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    {
      "word": "Holy Writ"
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      "word": "in the name of all that is holy"
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      "word": "Mount of the Holy Cross"
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      "word": "pope-holy"
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      "word": "Stoke Holy Cross"
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      "word": "take holy orders"
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hailag",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hailagaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "holy, bringing health"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hailaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "healthy, whole"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kéh₂ilos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "healthy, whole"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whole",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "whole + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "haly",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots haly (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "hillich",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian hillich (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "hillig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German hillig (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "heilig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch heilig (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "heilig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "German heilig (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "hellig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish hellig (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "helig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "holy"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish helig (“holy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whole"
      },
      "expansion": "whole",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English holi, hali, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”), equivalent to whole + -y and a doublet of later wholly.\nCognates\nCognate with Scots haly (“holy”), West Frisian hillich (“holy”), Low German hillig (“holy”), Dutch heilig (“holy”), German heilig (“holy”), Danish hellig (“holy”), Swedish helig (“holy”). More at whole.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "holy (comparative holier, superlative holiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hallow"
    },
    {
      "word": "hallowed"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm planning to visit the holy city of Jerusalem this Christmas."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Dedicated",
          "dedicated"
        ],
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This tree is considered holy in my culture.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Revered in a religion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Revered",
          "revere"
        ],
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My grandmother is a very holy woman.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Morally",
          "morally"
        ],
        [
          "perfect",
          "perfect"
        ],
        [
          "flawless",
          "flawless"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!"
        },
        {
          "text": "Those children next door are holy terrors!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as an intensifier in various interjections."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intensifier",
          "intensifier"
        ],
        [
          "interjection",
          "interjection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊli"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wholly"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "holey (in accents without the wholly-holy split)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-holy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/En-us-holy.ogg/En-us-holy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/En-us-holy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hōʹlē"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose or a god",
      "word": "sacred"
    },
    {
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "sacred"
    },
    {
      "sense": "flawless",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ],
      "word": "faultless"
    },
    {
      "sense": "flawless",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ],
      "word": "flawless"
    },
    {
      "sense": "flawless",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ],
      "word": "perfect"
    },
    {
      "sense": "separated or set apart from something",
      "word": "sanctified"
    },
    {
      "sense": "set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose",
      "word": "reserved"
    },
    {
      "sense": "set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose",
      "word": "special"
    },
    {
      "word": "holie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "hooly"
    },
    {
      "english": "when referring to someone or something important",
      "word": "Holy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ],
      "word": "'oly"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "xag",
      "lang": "Aghwan",
      "roman": "muc̣'ur",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "shenjtë"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ḳədus",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "ቅዱስ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muqaddas",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧مُقَدَّس⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muʔaddas",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "⁧مقدس⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "surb",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "սուրբ"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sãntu"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sãmtu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "müqəddəs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "möqəddəs",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "мөҡәддәс"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "svjatý",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "святы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "svjaščénny",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "свяшчэ́нны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svjat",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "свят"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sveštén",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "свеще́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sagrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sagrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "santa"
    },
    {
      "code": "chg",
      "lang": "Chagatai",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "⁧مقدس⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "神聖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénshèng",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "神圣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "聖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèng",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "圣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "svatý"
    },
    {
      "code": "dlm",
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "suant"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "hellig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "heilig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sacraal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "gewijd"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "ḏsr",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "Dsr:r"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sankta"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "püha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "heilagur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "halgur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "pyhä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "saint"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sacré"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sagrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gez",
      "lang": "Ge'ez",
      "roman": "ḳədus",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "ቅዱስ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣minda",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "წმინდა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "heilig"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "weihs",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ágios",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "άγιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hágios",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "ἅγιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hierós",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "ἱερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hósios",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "ὅσιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "illernartoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "marangatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ka'dosh",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧קדוש⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kdo'sha",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧קדושה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hid",
      "lang": "Hidatsa",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "xubáa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pavitra",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "पवित्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "szent"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "heilich"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "heilagur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "helgur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "kudus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "keramat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "beannaithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "naofa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ist",
      "lang": "Istriot",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "santo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sacro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinsei",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "神聖"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいなる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sei naru",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "聖なる"
    },
    {
      "code": "csb",
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "swiãti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "georukhan",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "거룩한"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sinseonghan",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "신성한"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sacer"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "svēts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "šventas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "helleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svet",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свет"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "suci"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pariśuddha",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "പരിശുദ്ധ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "viśuddha",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "വിശുദ്ധ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "tapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Mari",
      "roman": "šnuj",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "шнуй"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "diyin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "saint"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "hellig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sant"
    },
    {
      "code": "pro",
      "lang": "Old Occitan",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "svętŭ",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "свѧтъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "hāliġ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mukaddes",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "⁧مقدس⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "moqaddas",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "⁧مقدس⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "espantâ",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "⁧اسپنتا⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sepantâ",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "⁧سپنتا⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "heilich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "święty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "santo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sagrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sacro"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "tapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sfânt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sfântă"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sontg"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sogn"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "son"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sench"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sonch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjatój",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "свято́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjaščénnyj",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "свяще́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "santu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "haly"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "naomh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "coisrigte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "свет"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "svet"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "santu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "svätý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "svet"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "swěty"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "santo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sagrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "helig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "mökaddäs",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "мөкаддәс"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sàk sìt",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "ศักดิ์สิทธิ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "kutsal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "mukaddes"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "mukaddes"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "qdš",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "𐎖𐎄𐎌"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svjatýj",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "святи́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svjaščénnyj",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "свяще́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "muqaddas",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "⁧مقدس⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "muqeddes",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "⁧مۇقەددەس⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "muqaddas"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "santo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "聖",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "thánh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "thần thánh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "sanctaidd"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "heylik",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "⁧הייליק⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "dedicated to a religious purpose",
      "word": "tanqilria"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "surb",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "սուրբ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "svjatý",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "святы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "svjaščénny",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "свяшчэ́нны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svjat",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "свят"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "sant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svatý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "posvátný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "heilig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "sacraal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "heilagur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "pyhä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "saint"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "bénit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "heilig"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "weihs",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ágios",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "άγιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hágios",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "ἅγιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "iluartoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "keramat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "naofa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "santo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lkt",
      "lang": "Lakota",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "wakȟáŋ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "sanctus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "sacer"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svet",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свет"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "viśuddha",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "വിശുദ്ധ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "tapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "diyin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "hellig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "svętŭ",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "свѧтъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "hāliġ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "heilich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "święty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sagrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "sacro"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "willka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sfânt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sfântă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjatój",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "свято́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjaščénnyj",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "свяще́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "haly"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "naomh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "svätý"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "swěty"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "santo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "kutsal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svjatýj",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "святи́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svjaščénnyj",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "свяще́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "sanctaidd"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "revered in a religion",
      "word": "tanqilria"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezuprečen",
      "sense": "flawless",
      "word": "безупречен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "flawless",
      "word": "聖潔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèngjié",
      "sense": "flawless",
      "word": "圣洁"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "flawless",
      "word": "foutloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "english": "(in expression",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "flawless",
      "word": "... huisje) heilig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "flawless",
      "word": "volmaakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "flawless",
      "word": "perfect"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "flawless",
      "word": "pyhä"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "flawless",
      "word": "suci"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "flawless",
      "word": "immacolato"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "flawless",
      "word": "imaculado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjatój",
      "sense": "flawless",
      "word": "свято́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "separated from or set apart",
      "word": "sagrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "separated from or set apart",
      "word": "pyhitetty"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "separated from or set apart",
      "word": "tapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "surb",
      "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
      "word": "սուրբ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
      "word": "sagrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
      "word": "heilig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
      "word": "pyhitetty"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ierós",
      "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
      "word": "ιερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ka'dosh",
      "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧קדוש⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kdo'sha",
      "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧קדושה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
      "word": "sacer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "dedicated for a specific purpose",
      "word": "coisrigte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "slang intensifier",
      "word": "halga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slang intensifier",
      "word": "pyhä"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "slang intensifier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "święty"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjatój",
      "sense": "slang intensifier",
      "word": "свято́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bóžij",
      "sense": "slang intensifier",
      "word": "бо́жий"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "slang intensifier",
      "word": "be mübarek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "holy"
}

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    "Requests for review of Swedish translations",
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      "sense": "holy thing",
      "word": "pyhä"
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      "sense": "holy thing",
      "word": "⁧קדש⁩"
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      "word": "светиња"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "holy thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "святы́ня"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "holy thing",
      "word": "helgedom"
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}

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