Archaic spelling of holy.

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

A Hindu festival, held in the spring, in which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations.

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

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

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

(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 Bible. / The sacred writings of the Christian religion. / The sacred writings of any religion. / Unquestionable truth.

(historical) A coalition of Russia, Austria and Prussia formed in 1815, ostensibly to regulate all national and international relations in accordance with the principles of Christian charity.

The Wednesday of Holy Week; the day before Maundy Thursday.