Holier vs Holies - What's the difference?
holier | holies |
(holy); more sacred.
(holey); more full of holes.
Used almost exclusively in (Holy of Holies).
* Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art (1882) p. 146:
As an adjective holier
is (holy); more sacred.As a noun holies is
used almost exclusively in (holy of holies).holier
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Adjective
(head)Derived terms
* holier-than-thouholies
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Noun
(head)- The holy of holies , a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.