holiest

Variant of holy

holy definition

holy (hō′lē)

adjective holier -·lier, holiest -·li·est

  1. dedicated to religious use; belonging to or coming from God; consecrated; sacred
  2. spiritually perfect or pure; untainted by evil or sin; sinless; saintly
  3. regarded with or deserving deep respect, awe, reverence, or adoration
  4. ☆ Slang very much of a: a generalized intensive a holy terror

Etymology: ME holie < OE halig (akin to Ger heilig) < base of OE hal, sound, happy, whole: first used in OE as transl. of L sacer, sanctus, in the Vulg.

noun pl. holies -·lies

a holy thing or place

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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