Holy Mysteries

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plural noun

(sometimes lowercase) the liturgy in the Eastern Church.

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Words nearby Holy Mysteries

holy mackerel, holy Mary, holy moly, holy Moses, Holy Mother, Holy Mysteries, Holyoake, Holy Office, holy of holies, holy oil, Holyoke

How to use Holy Mysteries in a sentence

It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.
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The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
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“There are too many mysteries not to check out every lead,” Orlandi said.
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“You were going to work your way into my marriage and you were going to call its new three-way shape holy” the narrator recounts.
A Novel Nearly Impossible to Review|Nicholas Mancusi|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Because holy hell was that bland, unfunny, uncomfortable, and just plain confusing.
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After his death crowds flocked to his grave to touch his holy monument, till the authorities caused the church yard to be shut.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
His holy book says: There is more joy over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety and nine just men.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Their sin began on Holy Thursday, with so little secrecy and so bad an example, that the affair was beginning to leak out.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
All these things shall be for good to the holy, so to the sinners and the ungodly they shall be turned into evil.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The spread of the holy gospel and uninterrupted preaching went on until the return of the ambassador.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various