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holy water

NOUN
  1. water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification

How To Use holy water In A Sentence

  • Two girl-sized statues of angels holding fonts of holy water stood by the main door.
  • Oddly enough morning stars have other names as well, being called “holy water sprinklers” due to the fact that they somewhat resemble the aspergillum used by the church to sprinkle parishioners with holy water, and “goedendag” or “good day”. SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1043
  • And that he who, entering into a church, doth not asperge himself with holy water, sinneth not, (461) if so be he do it _circa contemptum_. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)
  • -- I'se be caution the warst stibbler that ever stickit a sermon out ower the Tweed yonder, wad lay a ghaist twice as fast as him, wi 'his holy water and his idolatrous trinkets. Rob Roy — Volume 01
  • She brought home a large jar of holy water from the cathedral.
  • So hold the holy water and stifle the Mephistophelian pipe-organ toccata: Nestlé is using its corporate clout for good, not...evil. Forbes Faces Of The Week: June 19-23Faces Of The Week: June 19-23
  • The Abbé Vincent, after sprinkling all the spectators with holy water, presented the paten to the wife of the king's pantler, Jordan, that she might kiss it. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
  • Professor von Duhn told me that once when approaching an Italian village in search of inscriptions he was taken for the devil, being unluckily mounted on a black horse and dressed in black, and was met by a priest with a crucifix, who was at last persuaded to "disinfect" him with holy water as a condition of his being admitted to the village. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus
  • Cullen often dwells on the innocence and clear-eyed religiousness of his youth - the holy water the family blessed themselves with before leaving home, attending Mass every morning.
  • Rian said, ‘Does the priest anoint them with holy water?’
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