Definition of Holy year

1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Holy Year

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II
Holy Roman Empire
Holy Sacrament
Holy Scripture
Holy See
Holy Sepulcher
Holy Sepulchre
Holy Spirit
Holy Thursday
Holy Trinity
Holy War Warriors
Holy Wednesday
Holy Week
Holy Writ
Holy Year
Holy of Holies
Holyhead
Holynesses
Holyrood
Holzknecht
Holzknecht unit
Homalomyia
Homans
Homans' sign
Homaridae
Homarus americanus
Homarus capensis
Homarus vulgaris
Homberg

Literary usage of Holy year

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740) And The Vatican Tomb Of Pope Alexander VIII by Edward J. Olszewski (2004)
"Figure 52 Anon., Medal for holy year of 1725, bronze, 1725, Brescia, ... and the holy year events at Santa Maria Maggiore were added to the burden of his ..."

2. The Enchanted Woods: And Other Essays on the Genius of Places by Vernon Lee (1905)
"... in vellum, with dedication to Paul V. ; and began to read out loud the year 1300, like this coming 1900, a holy year, indeed the first officially such. ..."

3. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"The present hymn is found in a collection of one hundred and twenty-seven, by the same author, entitled, The holy year ; or, Hymns for Sundays, ..."

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