holy man Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈhəʊ.li ˌmæn]
  • Us [ ˈhoʊ.li ˌmæn]

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  • On her deathbed she made her son promise to become a holy man. Becoming a priest was not easy.

  • The pope flew to Guatemala for the canonization mass for the 17th Century holy man Pedro de San Jose de Betancourt.

  • Millions of sadhus, or impoverished Hindu holy men, make the pilgrimage to bathe in the sacred river.

  • Although he is still a holy man and dreams of reviving his monastic order, he has earned himself a reputation as a theatre critic.

  • Otherwise, this tzaddik lives and dies the same as any other holy man.

  • Additional meanings cited by dictionaries include: sage, poet, spiritual leader, wise man and holy man.

  • An encounter with a family struggling to survive in this harsh environment forces the holy man to confront his own fate.

  • The second of these statements contains a similar ambiguity in the phrase the most holy man.

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