Definition of "holies" []

• Plural form of holy. Used almost exclusively in Holy of Holies. (noun)

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• "He was about to defend the holy of holies from the touch of the profane; to guard the citadel of his Church from the most rampant of its enemies; to put on his good armour in the best of fights; and secure, if possible, the comforts of his creed for coming generations of ecclesiastical dignitaries."
• ""So we have the coming of the messiah to approach the holy of holies, in other words to get legitimacy from God.""
• "The holie of holies, that is, the inmost and holiest place of the Ievves Temple, as it vvere the Chauncel."