ghost dance | a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead |
Holy Eucharist Eucharist sacrament of the Eucharist Holy Sacrament Liturgy Eucharistic liturgy Lord's Supper | a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine |
Communion Holy Communion sacramental manduction manduction | the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist, the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation |
holy order | the sacrament of ordination |
chrism chrisom sacramental oil holy oil | a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam |
dinner dress dinner gown formal evening gown | a gown for evening wear |
formal garden | a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs |
grail Holy Grail Sangraal | (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper |
holy of holies sanctum sanctorum | (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept |
Holy Sepulcher Holy Sepulchre | the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection |
holy of holies | (figurative) something regarded as sacred or inviolable, every politician fears to touch that holy of holies, the Social Security System |
Celestial City City of God Heavenly City Holy City | phrases used to refer to Heaven, the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress' |
ghost shade spook wraith specter spectre | a mental representation of some haunting experience, he looked like he had seen a ghost, it aroused specters from his past |
symbolic logic mathematical logic formal logic | any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity |
formal semantics | the branch of semantics that studies the logical aspects of meaning |
ghost word | a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error |
Bible Christian Bible Book Good Book Holy Scripture Holy Writ Scripture Word of God Word | the sacred writings of the Christian religions, he went to carry the Word to the heathen |
touch trace ghost | a suggestion of some quality, there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone, he detected a ghost of a smile on her face |
ball formal | a lavish dance requiring formal attire |
Harkat-ul-Mujahidin HUM Harkat ul-Ansar HUA Harkat ul-Mujahedeen Al Faran Movement of Holy Warriors | an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the s, now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan |
Laskar Jihad Holy War Warriors | a paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia, wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia, subscribes to the Wahhabi creed of Islam |
Holy Roman Empire | a political entity in Europe that began with the papal coronation of Otto I as the first emperor in and lasted untilwhen it was dissolved by Napoleon |
holy place sanctum holy | a sacred place of pilgrimage |
ghost town | a deserted settlement (especially in western United States) |
Palestine Canaan Holy Land Promised Land | an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea, a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism |
Holy See The Holy See State of the Vatican City | the smallest sovereign state in the world, the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome), home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, achieved independence from Italy in |
Trinity Holy Trinity Blessed Trinity Sacred Trinity | the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead |
Holy Ghost Holy Spirit Paraclete | the third person in the Trinity, Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection, it came on Pentecost |
ghost | the visible disembodied soul of a dead person |
ghostwriter ghost | a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else |
Holy Roller | a member of a religion that expresses ecstatic fervor |
Holy Roman Emperor | sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire |
military chaplain padre Holy Joe sky pilot | a chaplain in one of the military services |
pope Catholic Pope Roman Catholic Pope pontiff Holy Father Vicar of Christ Bishop of Rome | the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
saint holy man holy person angel | person of exceptional holiness |
terror brat little terror holy terror | a very troublesome child |
Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II | the Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (-) |
milk thistle lady's thistle Our Lady's mild thistle holy thistle blessed thistle Silybum marianum | tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads, naturalized in California and South America |
snow gum ghost gum white ash Eucalyptus coriacea Eucalyptus pauciflora | small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips |
sainfoin sanfoin holy clover esparcet Onobrychis viciifolia Onobrychis viciaefolia | Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods, naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils, important forage crop and source of honey in Britain |
snow-on-the-mountain snow-in-summer ghost weed Euphorbia marginata | annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk |
Holy Order Order | (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy, theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order |
holy water | water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification |
Holy Week Passion Week | the week before Easter |
Holy Year | (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every years) |
religious holiday holy day | a day specified for religious observance |
High Holy Day High Holiday | Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity |
Christian holy day | a religious holiday for Christians |
Jewish holy day | a religious holiday for Jews |
holy day of obligation | a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion |