Holy Family
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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At first glance, the painting at the center of the exhibition, of the Holy Family, looks familiar, like a number of other Renaissance paintings of the same scene.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
The Holy Family is one of four roundels in the exhibition, a format that was particularly popular in Renaissance Florence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
But for the church officials and the families at Holy Family Church, the pope was not a distant religious figure in a faraway country, but a daily presence.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025
At the Holy Family Basilica in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, Rosemary Muthui said worshippers there will remember the Pope as a man who brought change to the Church, especially in promoting equality.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025
They think of the hard times of the Holy Family.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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