What does holy water mean?

holy water means "water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification".

Is holy water a common word?

holy water is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

holy water — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

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water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification
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What does holy water mean?: holy water means "water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification".
Is holy water a common word?: holy water is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for holy water come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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