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HOLY PERSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does holy person mean?
• HOLY PERSON (noun)
The noun HOLY PERSON has 1 sense:
1. person of exceptional holiness
Familiarity information: HOLY PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Person of exceptional holiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
angel; holy man; holy person; saint
Hypernyms ("holy person" is a kind of...):
good person (a person who is good to other people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holy person"):
Buddha (one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment)
fakeer; fakir; faqir; faquir (a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man)
Context examples
But I know that my crown was well spent, for the man had the look of a very holy person.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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