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Either of the feasts of the Holy Cross, occuring on May 3 and September 14, annually.

isual nerve, for he had much to see. Milton. They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as we suppose, came to be called herb of grace. Jer. Taylor.

ire. It forms a portion, by far the largest, of the Eastern Church and is governed by the Holy Synod. The czar is the head of the church, but he has never claimed the right of deciding questions of theology and dogma.

or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity. Milton. And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. Gray. She had a rustic, woodland air. Wordsworth.

One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, aggreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue.

st day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex. xx. 8.

century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.

e who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ;s body and blood in the holy eucharist. Shipley.

ry to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist.

Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service.

To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful. Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. Pope.

A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. 1 Cor. i. 2.

Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious. "A most sainted king." Shak. Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats. Milton.

Like a saint; becoming a holy person. So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity. Milton.

The act of sanctifying or making holy; the being sanctified or made holy; esp. (Theol.), the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to, a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified. God hath from the baginning chose…

Made holy; also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious.

One who sanctifies, or makes holy; specifically, the Holy Spirit.

To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow. God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. Gen. ii. 3. Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garnment. Lev. viii. 30.

In a manner or degree tending to sanctify or make holy.

Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner.