2. Adjective. (comparative of holey); more full of holes. ¹
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Definition of Holier
1. holy [adj] - See also: holy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holier
Literary usage of Holier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Science Journal by Mary Baker Eddy (1910)
""HIGHER AND holier CONSCIOUSNESS" REV. TG SINCLAIR STUDENTS of Mrs. Eddy's
text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," will recall the ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... most sacred of bonds, testify to an instinct of race purer and holier than
the expansion of a common language or the glorification of a common stock. ..."
3. The Roman Breviary: Reformed by Order of the Holy Oecumenical Council of Trent by Catholic Church, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart Bute (1879)
"... had laid up all that h« had, in such wise, that it could be lost no more, and
was now all the safer, as the way of spending it had been the holier. ..."
4. Translations Into English and Latin by Charles Stuart Calverley (1897)
"OF holier JOY. OF holier joy he sang, more true delight, In other happier isles
for them reserved, Who, faithful here, from constancy and right And truth ..."
5. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1874)
"... and be within us a help to meet and overcome the hindrances which beset the
spiritual life, until we reach the holier land where no help is needed, ..."
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