Definition of Holydame

1. holiness [n -S] - See also: holiness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Holydame

holy oil
holy order
holy orders
holy person
holy place
holy smoke
holy terror
holy thistle
holy war
holy wars
holy water
holy water sprinkler
holy waters
holydam
holydame (current term)
holydames
holydams
holyday
holydays
holyhedra
holyhedron
holyness
holynesse
holystone
holystoned
holystones
holystoning
holytide
holytides

Literary usage of Holydame

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Camden Miscellany by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1847)
"So helpe me [God and] holydame. In April following 40 men were raised in Coventry at 12d. a day, for a month, to go with king Edward into the South, ..."

2. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"6 ' For I have been wandring all this day, And nothing could I get; Not so much as one poor cup of drink, Nor bit of bread to eat.' 7 'Now, by my holydame,' ..."

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