Synonyms & Antonyms : Holy





Holy



( Adjective )


The Pope is addressed as The Holy Father.

Synonyms:

Religious

Godly

Pious

Pure

Sublime

Virtuous

Saintly

Sacred

Hallowed

Divine

Contextual Examples:

In every civilization marriage is regarded as a religious ceremony.

The old priest was a wise and godly man.

Swami Vivekananda tried to establish relationship between the divine and material worlds.

Not only the Indian but also the foreigners were also influenced by the saintly sermons of Swami Vivekananda.

John’s last wish was that he may be buried in hollowed ground.

Giriraj is a mountain near Matura thought to be scared by the Indians.



Antonyms:

Irreligious

Ungodly

Irreverent

Blasphemous

Wicked

Unholy

Sacrilegious

Profane

Contextual Examples:

By declaring India a secular state, you cannot state that constitution – makers wanted to make the country men irreligious.

A communist society cannot be called ungodly as the actions of the people of such a society are perfectly godly.

There are churches in the USSR and the common people are not irreverent to clergymen. The churches are not used for sacrilegious or profane activities.




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