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Spirit
·noun Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, ·etc.
II. Spirit ·noun Stannic chloride. ·see u...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Spirit
(Heb. ruah; Gr. pneuma), properly wind or breath. In 2 Thess. 2:8 it means "breath," and in Eccl. 8:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Holy
·superl Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or commo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Shad-spirit
·noun ·see Shadbird (a).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Familiar spirit
Sorcerers or necormancers, who professed to call up the dead to answer questions, were said to have ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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choice spirit
A thoughtless, laughing, singing, drunken fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to spirit away
To kidnap, or inveigle away.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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spirit-room
A place or compartment abaft the after-hold, to contain the ship's company's spirits.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Holy cross
·- The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Holy Ghost
The third Person of the adorable Trinity.
His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the attr...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Holy place
One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It wa...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Holy Cross
See Holy Cross.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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holy father
A butcher's boy of St. Patrick's Market, Dublin, or other Irish blackguard; among whom the exclamati...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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holy lamb
A thorough-paced villain. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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holy water
He loves him as the Devil loves holy water, i.e. hates him mortally. Holy water, according to the Ro...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Holy City
n.
a nickname for Adelaide. See Farinaceous City.
1875. R. and F. Hill, `What we Saw in Australia,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Holy dollar
n.
punning name for a dollar outof which a Dump (q.v.) had been punched.
1822. `Hobart Town Gazett...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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holy-stone
A sandstone for scrubbing decks, so called from being originally used for Sunday cleaning, or obtain...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Holy of holies
The second or interior portion of the tabernacle. It was left in total darkness. No one was permitte...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) Katherine Holy Trinity
See St. Katherine Cree.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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court holy water
Fair speeches and promises, without performance.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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holy-cross toad
n. See catholic frog.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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holy-by-zont
a ridiculous figure. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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dry holy-stoning
See holy-stone.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Intercession of the Spirit
(Rom. 8:26, 27; John 14:26). "Christ is a royal Priest (Zech. 6:13). From the same throne, as King, ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Witness of the Spirit
(Rom. 8:16), the consciousness of the gracious operation of the Spirit on the mind, "a certitude of ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(Holy) Cross or Holy Rood
An old parish in Aldgate Ward, conterminous with the Parish of Holy Trinity (S. 142). Stow tells us ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Katherine in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity
See St. Katherine Cree.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.