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HOLY WATER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("holy water" is a kind of...):
H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)