holy Mary
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Oh, holy Mary, it's a terrible thing to think of!
From Nina Balatka by Trollope, Anthony
For the most holy Father of heaven,39 Our King, before ages sent His Beloved Son from on high, and He was born of the Blessed Virgin, holy Mary.
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.
And, under this persuasion, I say to them, as I just now said to you, holy Mary, holy Peter, holy Paul, pray for me.
From Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by Tyler, James Endell
He loved his violin and the holy Mary, and above all else he feared the Evil One, and his son Antone.
From A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays by Cather, Willa Sibert
O that I had, like holy Mary, the Mother of Jesus, treasured up all his sayings in my heart!
From Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C, Volume 2 by Walton, Izaak
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