different between holier vs holies

holier

English

Pronunciation

  • (comparative of holy)
    • (UK) IPA(key): /?h??li?/
    • (US) IPA(key): /?ho?li?/
  • (comparative of holey)
    • (UK, wholly-holy split) IPA(key): /?h??l.li?/, [?h??li?], [?h???.li?]
    • (UK, without wholly-holy split) IPA(key): /?h??li?/
    • (US) IPA(key): /?ho?li?/

Adjective

holier

  1. comparative form of holy: more holy; more sacred.
  2. comparative form of holey: more holey; more full of holes.

Derived terms

  • holier-than-thou

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holies

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?ho?liz/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??liz/

Noun

holies

  1. plural of holy. Used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.
    • 1882, Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art page 146:
      The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.

Anagrams

  • Helios, helios, isohel

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