Holy One
Americannoun
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God.
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Christianity. Jesus Christ, especially as the Messiah.
Etymology
Origin of Holy One
First recorded in 1525–35
Example Sentences
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They called out to God, Creator, the Holy One, and prayed for healing and justice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
“Blessed and praised, glorified, exalted and extolled, honored, adored and lauded be the Name of the Holy One, blessed be He.”
From Fox News ● Feb. 11, 2020
“The only alliance they have is with the Holy One, blessed be he,” he added.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2012
The Egyptian moon deity, too, was hermaphroditic, and one Biblical commentator declares: "When the Holy One . . . created the first man, he created him a hermaphrodite."
From Time Magazine Archive
For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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