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1 [met betrekking tot God/Christus/personen] holy♦voorbeelden:iemand heilig verklaren • canonize someone〈 figuurlijk〉 hij is een boef, maar nog heilig bij zijn broer vergeleken • he is a crook, but a saint compared with his brotherhet Heilige Land • the Holy Landde heilige Mis • Holy Massde heilige stad • the Holy Cityde zondag heilig houden • observe the Lord's Dayhet heilige der heiligen • the holy of holiesII 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord, bijwoord〉♦voorbeelden:een heilig ontzag voor iemand hebben • stand in great awe of someonede nagedachtenis van haar moeder bewaarde zij heilig • she cherished the memory of her motherhem is niets heilig • nothing is sacred to him3 heilige eerbied • great/profound respecthet is mij heilige ernst • I am dead(ly) seriousik was in de heilige overtuiging dat zij nog leefde • I was firmly convinced that she was still alivehet is de heilige waarheid • it is gospel truthiets heilig beloven • promise something solemnlyik heb het me heilig voorgenomen (om …) • I am firmly determined (to …)je kunt er heilig van op aan • you can be dead sure (of that) -
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n. holy or sacred place, sanctuary; holy of holies in the ancient Temple of Jerusalem (Judaism); Host, consecrated bread used during Communion (Christianity)
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