Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god. / Revered in a religion. / Morally perfect or flawless, or nearly so. / Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else).

plural of holy. Used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.

Alternative letter-case form of holy used when referring to an important figure, such as God, or to an important item or event.

An honorific or title used to refer to a high-ranking religious leader.

An honorific or title used to refer to a high-ranking religious leader, such as the Pope.

(Eastern Orthodoxy, countable) Used in connection with His or Your to address to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and the metropolitan bishop of Thessaloniki.

(Christianity) A Wesleyan-Arminian set of Christian beliefs and practices that emerged chiefly within 19th-century Methodism and emphasize the doctrine of a second work of grace leading to Christian perfection.

the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent see of the Catholic Church. It is also the sovereign entity headed by the Pope which governs the Vatican and represents the Catholic Church in temporal affairs.

(idiomatic, slang, mildly vulgar) An expression of amazement: holy cow, holy shit.

Alternative spelling of holy moley.