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