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
“I nearly got a hole in one,” he responds in Spanish, pronouncing it like “a holy one.”
From Los Angeles Times
A Braver Angels worksheet on family and politics lists examples of phrases that reveal old resentments, derailing discussion, such as “You’re not the boss of me,” “You’ve never taken me seriously,” or “You think you’re the smart/enlightened/holy one.”
From Seattle Times
The novel opens with its own Genesis: “The Holy One kept creating worlds and destroying them, creating worlds and destroying them, and then, just before giving up, He finally came up with this one. And it could be much worse.”
From Washington Post
A holy one, cloaked in flowing white and crimson, took our hands in theirs.
From Slate
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