holy book

collocation in English

meaningsofholyandbook

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holy
adjective
uk
/ˈhəʊ.li/us
/ˈhoʊ.li/
related to a religion or ...
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book
noun
uk
/bʊk/us
/bʊk/
a written text that can be published in printed or ...
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(Definition ofholyandbookfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It may well be that he cannot, and the court cannot, find theholybookon which he could swear an oath.
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He has used theholybookas his main point of reference.
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It is aholybookin that it holds a separate and unique place.
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The tribe has no religion although it is believed that they had aholybookat one time.
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Requiring the performance of a religious act using theholybookof a particular religion is a religious test.
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Instead of images, they have some useful writing from theholybook.
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He said teaching the saidholybookwas necessary to inculcate moral values in students.
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Cope was later to refer to this book as myholybook, and it set the method for all of his subsequent recording.
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She is absorbed in her reading of aholybook, the covers of which include a "chemise" of white cloth, a common form of protective binding.
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On the right is theholybook.
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The bishop would then ring a bell, close aholybook, and he and the assisting priests would snuff out their candles by dashing them to the ground.
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There are 123 compositions inholybook.
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From an early time its books have been translated, probably into more languages than the holy books of most other religions.
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On this particular occasion was not a collection of priceless holy books destroyed?
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It was as if he had just finished studying these very topics from the holy books.
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