Usually means: Water blessed for religious purposes.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. holy water: Merriam-Webster
  2. holy water: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. holy water: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. holy water: Collins English Dictionary
  5. holy water: Vocabulary.com
  6. holy-water, holy water: Wordnik
  7. holy water: Wiktionary
  8. holy water: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. holy water: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Holy water, holy water: Dictionary.com
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  12. holy water: Rhymezone
  13. Holy Water: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  14. holy water: FreeDictionary.org
  15. holy water: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. holy water: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. holy water: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. holy water: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Holy Water, Water, Holy: Catholic Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. holy water: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Holy Water: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (holy water)

▸ noun:  (Christianity) In certain Christian churches, water that has been sanctified by a priest or bishop for the purpose of baptism or for the blessing of persons, places, or things.

Similar:
font, benitier, court holy bread, Holy Writ, tincture, mixed chalice, Precious Blood, churching, divine service, lavabo, more...

Opposite:
unholy water, profane water, impure water

Phrases:
holy water stoup, holy water sprinkler, court holy water, Holy water font, Holy Water Joe, more...

Adjectives:
baptismal, vat, lavatory, provant, gents, garden, privy, urinal, locker room, a, lat

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Similar:
font, benitier, court holy bread, Holy Writ, tincture, mixed chalice, Precious Blood, churching, divine service, lavabo, more...

Opposite:
unholy water, profane water, impure water

Phrases:
holy water stoup, holy water sprinkler, court holy water, Holy water font, Holy Water Joe, basin for holy water, splash with holy water, more...

Adjectives:
baptismal, vat, lavatory, provant, gents, garden, privy, urinal, locker room, a, lat



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