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Definition of Holy water
1. Noun. Water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification.
Definition of Holy water
1. Noun. (Christianity) In certain Christian churches, water that has been sanctified by a priest or bishop for the purpose of baptism or for the blessing of persons, places, or things. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Holy Water
Literary usage of Holy water
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"holy water: Water over which the prayer of consecration has been offered, which
is then used symbolically in ceremonial lustration. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It is known that some of the faithful believed that holy water possessed ...
Balsamen tells us that, in the Greek Church, they "made" holy water at the ..."
3. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"holy water is used by Christians of the Latin, Greek, and other Oriental rites
... A small stone font or receptacle for holy water, commonly placed in or ..."
4. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"The cure or a priest of the parish in a beretta and white surplice, a prayer book
in his hand, and preceded by a little choir-boy who carries the holy water ..."
5. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1885)
"How aide is the vse of holy water? TT came cue from the Apostles, as it may be
thought. For •** mention thereof is made in the Epistle of Pope Alexander. ..."
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