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holiest

Variant of holy

adjective holier, holiest

  1. dedicated to religious use; belonging to or coming from God; consecrated; sacred
  2. spiritually perfect or pure; untainted by evil or sin; sinless; saintly
  3. regarded with or deserving deep respect, awe, reverence, or adoration
  4. Slang very much of a: a generalized intensive: a holy terror

noun pl. holies

a holy thing or place

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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