holy man

NOUN
  1. person of exceptional holiness
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  • The Holy Man, with an air of supreme exhaustion and supreme ecstasy, reclad himself in his white mantle, and the faithful ones wiped their brows, and re-squatting on the ground exultantly vociferated _Allah_ about a hundred times, nodding their heads, and finally changing their cry into _Bou! Without Prejudice
  • Thus being at an anker against this riuer Iaic, and all our men being on land, sauing I, who lay sore sicke, and fiue Tartars whereof one was reputed a holy man, because he came from Mecka, there came vnto vs a boate with thirtie men well armed and appointed, who boorded vs, and began to enter into our barke, and our holy Tartar called The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
  • The holy man takes the farm into his own hands, and nearly famishes both the laborers and the master; till at length their feelings counteract their superstition, and the saint is in the end expelled in his turn. A Philosophical Dictionary
  • In India, a holy man traditionally went through four stages: student, householder (good so far), forest-dweller (what??) and then sadhu -- a wandering beggar in search of moksha (liberation). Archive 2009-09-01
  • Fo was a holy man, whose doctrine the bonzes have corrupted, and that Sammono-codom is the true God. A Philosophical Dictionary
  • Then he secretly told her to help the unfortunate holy man regain his purity.
  • It seems I have been presented with an excellent opportunity to acquire merit by serving a holy man in charity.
  • But Aurangzeb's troops forbade the holy man to accept the gift.
  • Allahabad, India: A Hindu holy man performs a ritual by burning dried cow dung cakes in earthen pots on his head during the Magh Mela festival.
  • Because of the vibration of the holy man.
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