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holy Mary

British  

noun

  1. a pietistic person

    he's a real holy Mary

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The words holy Mary, mother of God, form the opening of this petition.

From The Excellence of the Rosary Conferences for Devotions in Honor of the Blessed Virgin by Math Josef Frings

The letter of St. Bernard is addressed to the Canons of Lyons on the Conception of the holy Mary.

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

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

Pray for us, holy Mary, mother of God, now, while it is yet time for us to merit salvation, but pray for us especially when that solemn and sad hour of death has arrived.

From The Excellence of the Rosary Conferences for Devotions in Honor of the Blessed Virgin by Math Josef Frings

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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