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holy Mary

British  

noun

  1. a pietistic person

    he's a real holy Mary

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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 Clement A. Miles

Afterwards, from that day, the Evangelist John had charge of the holy Mary, and with careful ministry obeyed her as his mother.

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric

Fear not, for you shall see me fight by the help of God and holy Mary Mother; my heart kindles because you are here!

From Chronicle of the Cid by Robert Southey

But Juvenal answered, 'In the holy and divinely inspired Scripture, indeed, nothing is recorded of the departure of holy Mary, mother of God.

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 James Endell Tyler

If holy Mary aid thee in that avoidment, ’tis more than she doth for me.”

From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Emily Sarah Holt

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