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Holy Willie
/ ˈwɪlɪ /
noun
- a person who is hypocritically pious
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Holy Willie1
C18: from Burns' Holy Willie's Prayer
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Example Sentences
"Holy Willie's Prayer," one of the most withering satires on orthodox Christianity ever penned, was memorized by him.
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I enclose you Holy Willie for the sake of giving you a little further information of the affair than Mr. Creech could do.
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The rank absurdity of this doctrine was justly satirized by burns in the opening stanza of his "Holy Willie's Prayer:"
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For Burns believed in his own mind that these men, Holy Willie and the crew he typified, were thoroughly dishonest.
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He puts this impious doctrine into the mouth of Holy Willie.
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