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holy ghost
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Holy Ghost
(gcide) | Ghost \Ghost\ (g[=o]st), n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS.
g[=a]st breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g[=e]st spirit,
soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.]
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1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.]
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Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament.
--Spenser.
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2. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased
person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a
specter.
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The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. --Shak.
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I thought that I had died in sleep,
And was a blessed ghost. --Coleridge.
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3. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a
phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the
ghost of an idea.
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Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the
floor. --Poe.
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4. A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the
surfaces of one or more lenses.
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Ghost moth (Zool.), a large European moth ({Hepialus
humuli}); so called from the white color of the male, and
the peculiar hovering flight; -- called also {great
swift}.
Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit; the Paraclete; the Comforter;
(Theol.) the third person in the Trinity.
To give up the ghost or To yield up the ghost, to die; to
expire.
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And he gave up the ghost full softly. --Chaucer.
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Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered
unto his people. --Gen. xlix.
33.
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Holy Ghost
(gcide) | Holy \Ho"ly\, a. [Compar. Holier; superl. Holiest.] [OE.
holi, hali, AS. h[=a]lig, fr. h[ae]l health, salvation,
happiness, fr. h[=a]l whole, well; akin to OS. h?lag, D. & G.
heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr.
See Whole, and cf. Halibut, Halidom, Hallow,
Hollyhock.]
1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed;
sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels;
a holy priesthood. "Holy rites and solemn feasts."
--Milton.
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2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and
virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly;
pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.
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Now through her round of holy thought
The Church our annual steps has brought. --Keble.
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Holy Alliance (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving
religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for
repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional
government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia,
Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of
Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and
subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe,
except the pope and the king of England.
Holy bark. See Cascara sagrada.
Holy Communion. See Eucharist.
Holy family (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ,
his parents, and others of his family are represented.
Holy Father, a title of the pope.
Holy Ghost (Theol.), the third person of the Trinity; the
Comforter; the Paraclete.
Holy Grail. See Grail.
Holy grass (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass ({Hierochloa
borealis} and Hierochloa alpina). In the north of Europe
it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints'
days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and
western parts of the United States. Called also {vanilla
grass} or Seneca grass.
Holy Innocents' day, Childermas day.
Holy Land, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity.
Holy office, the Inquisition.
Holy of holies (Script.), the innermost apartment of the
Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and
where no person entered, except the high priest once a
year.
Holy One.
(a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. "
The Holy One of Israel." --Is. xliii. 14.
(b) One separated to the service of God.
Holy orders. See Order.
Holy rood, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed,
in churches. over the entrance to the chancel.
Holy rope, a plant, the hemp agrimony.
Holy Saturday (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding
the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter.
Holy Spirit, same as Holy Ghost (above).
Holy Spirit plant. See Dove plant.
Holy thistle (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under
Thistle.
Holy Thursday. (Eccl.)
(a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day.
(b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy
Thursday.
Holy war, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians
against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh,
twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of
the holy places.
Holy water (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been
blessed by the priest for sacred purposes.
Holy-water stoup, the stone stoup or font placed near the
entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water.
Holy Week (Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the
passion of our Savior is commemorated.
Holy writ, the sacred Scriptures. " Word of holy writ."
--Wordsworth.
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holy ghost
(wn) | Holy Ghost
n 1: 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 [syn:
Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Paraclete] |
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Holy Ghost
(gcide) | Ghost \Ghost\ (g[=o]st), n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS.
g[=a]st breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g[=e]st spirit,
soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.]
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1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.]
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Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament.
--Spenser.
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2. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased
person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a
specter.
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The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. --Shak.
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I thought that I had died in sleep,
And was a blessed ghost. --Coleridge.
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3. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a
phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the
ghost of an idea.
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Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the
floor. --Poe.
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4. A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the
surfaces of one or more lenses.
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Ghost moth (Zool.), a large European moth ({Hepialus
humuli}); so called from the white color of the male, and
the peculiar hovering flight; -- called also {great
swift}.
Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit; the Paraclete; the Comforter;
(Theol.) the third person in the Trinity.
To give up the ghost or To yield up the ghost, to die; to
expire.
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And he gave up the ghost full softly. --Chaucer.
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Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered
unto his people. --Gen. xlix.
33.
[1913 Webster]Holy \Ho"ly\, a. [Compar. Holier; superl. Holiest.] [OE.
holi, hali, AS. h[=a]lig, fr. h[ae]l health, salvation,
happiness, fr. h[=a]l whole, well; akin to OS. h?lag, D. & G.
heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr.
See Whole, and cf. Halibut, Halidom, Hallow,
Hollyhock.]
1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed;
sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels;
a holy priesthood. "Holy rites and solemn feasts."
--Milton.
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2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and
virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly;
pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.
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Now through her round of holy thought
The Church our annual steps has brought. --Keble.
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Holy Alliance (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving
religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for
repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional
government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia,
Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of
Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and
subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe,
except the pope and the king of England.
Holy bark. See Cascara sagrada.
Holy Communion. See Eucharist.
Holy family (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ,
his parents, and others of his family are represented.
Holy Father, a title of the pope.
Holy Ghost (Theol.), the third person of the Trinity; the
Comforter; the Paraclete.
Holy Grail. See Grail.
Holy grass (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass ({Hierochloa
borealis} and Hierochloa alpina). In the north of Europe
it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints'
days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and
western parts of the United States. Called also {vanilla
grass} or Seneca grass.
Holy Innocents' day, Childermas day.
Holy Land, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity.
Holy office, the Inquisition.
Holy of holies (Script.), the innermost apartment of the
Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and
where no person entered, except the high priest once a
year.
Holy One.
(a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. "
The Holy One of Israel." --Is. xliii. 14.
(b) One separated to the service of God.
Holy orders. See Order.
Holy rood, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed,
in churches. over the entrance to the chancel.
Holy rope, a plant, the hemp agrimony.
Holy Saturday (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding
the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter.
Holy Spirit, same as Holy Ghost (above).
Holy Spirit plant. See Dove plant.
Holy thistle (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under
Thistle.
Holy Thursday. (Eccl.)
(a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day.
(b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy
Thursday.
Holy war, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians
against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh,
twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of
the holy places.
Holy water (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been
blessed by the priest for sacred purposes.
Holy-water stoup, the stone stoup or font placed near the
entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water.
Holy Week (Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the
passion of our Savior is commemorated.
Holy writ, the sacred Scriptures. " Word of holy writ."
--Wordsworth.
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Procession of the Holy Ghost
(gcide) | Procession \Pro*ces"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. processio. See
Proceed.]
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1. The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing;
regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous
course. --Bp. Pearson.
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That the procession of their life might be
More equable, majestic, pure, and free. --Trench.
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2. That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or
solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a
ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of
mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession.
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Here comes the townsmen on procession. --Shak.
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3. (Eccl.) An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons,
either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir
around the church, within or without. --Shipley.
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4. pl. (Eccl.) An old term for litanies which were said in
procession and not kneeling. --Shipley.
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Procession of the Holy Ghost, a theological term applied to
the relation of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son,
the Eastern Church affirming that the Spirit proceeds from
the Father only, and the Western Church that the Spirit
proceeds from the Father and the Son. --Shipley.
Procession week, a name for Rogation week, when processions
were made; Cross-week. --Shipley.
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