holies
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊliz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊliz/
Noun
holies
- plural of holy. Used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies.
- Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art (1882) p. 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.
- Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art (1882) p. 146:
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