2. Adjective. (superlative of holey); most full of holes. ¹
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Definition of Holiest
1. holy [adj] - See also: holy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holiest
Literary usage of Holiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1852)
"She observed that Mr. holiest was wounded. She was led to believe that Levi ...
This remark was made most emphatically by Mrs. holiest, and created a ..."
2. The Berean: A Manual for the Help of Those who Seek the Faith of the by John Humphrey Noyes (1847)
"THE WAY INTO THE holiest. " Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into
the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which he hath ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1851)
"Mr. holiest was in his fifty-fourth year; he had held the curacy for ...
There dwelt in the same house Mr. and Mrs. holiest, their two sons, youths who were ..."
4. The Early Days of Christianity by Frederic William Farrar (1882)
"THE ALTAR OF INCENSE AND THE holiest PLACE. The altar of incense (like the ...
Even on these grounds the holiest might be generally said " to have " or ..."
5. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Epistle to the Hebrews by Albert Barnes (1855)
"That is, showing this truth, or making use of this arrange, ment to impress this
truth on the minds of men that the way into (he holiest of all was not yet ..."
6. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"... deep, and ineffable actions of our spirits which are too full of hope, of
faith, and the holiest peace, for words to be meant to express them. ..."
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