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Holy vs Hooly - What's the difference?

holy | hooly |

In archaic terms the difference between holy and hooly

is that holy is a thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in {{term|Holy of Holies}} while hooly is holy.

As a noun holy

is a thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in {{term|Holy of Holies}}.

As an adverb hooly is

wholly; all the way.

holy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
    • I'm planning to visit the holy city of Mecca this Ramadan.
  • Revered in a religion.
  • Perfect or flawless.
  • Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else).
  • Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
  • (slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
    • Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!

    Synonyms

    * (dedicated to a religious purpose or a god) sacred * (revered in a religion) sacred * faultless, flawless, perfect * (separated or set apart from something) sanctified * (set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose) reserved, special

    Antonyms

    * (dedicated to a religious purpose or a god) * (revered in a religion) profane, secular, unholy, worldly * damaged, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect * (separated or set apart from something) * (set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose) common

    Derived terms

    * holiest of holies * holiness * holy cats * holy cow * holy crap * Holy Ghost * Holy Grail * Holy of Holies * holy mackerel * holy moly, holy moley * holy Moses * holy mother of God * Holy See * holy shit * holy smoke * holy snakes * Holy Spirit * holy Toledo * Holy Trinity * holy war * holy water * Holy Week

    Noun

    (holies)
  • (archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in (Holy of Holies).
  • * Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art (1882) p. 146:
    • 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.

    Derived terms

    * holiest of holies * Holy of Holies

    hooly

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl).

    Adjective

    (hoolier)
  • (archaic) Holy.
  • * 1380 , (translator), Matthew: I'', ''Bible'', 1810, ''The New Testament , page 4,
    • But while he thougte these thingis: Lo the aungel of the Lord apperid in slep to him and seide Joseph the sone of David nyle thou drede to take Marie thy wyf, for that thing that is born in hir is of the hooly Goost.
  • * 14th c , '', 1987, ''The Riverside Chaucer , page 322,
    • Ful ofte tyme I rede that no man truste in his owene perfeccioun, but he be stronger than Sampson, and hoolier than David, and wiser than Salomon.

    Etymology 2

    Adverb

    (head)
  • (archaic, or, Scotland) Wholly; all the way.
  • * Henry VII, The Will of King Henry VII'', 1775, ''The Will of King Henry VII , page 6,
    • bee by our Executours hooly and perfitely fini?shed in every behalve, after the maner and fourme before rehersed, and futingly to that that is begoune and doon of theim.
  • * 1834 , Noctes Ambrosionæ No. LXIX'', ''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine , Volume 36, page 832,
    • This couldna hae lasted abune some ten minutes or less, when he began to wax weakish, and to stay rather langer at a time aneath than seemed consistent wi' prudence; sae I walked hooly doon to the bank, and cried on him to come oot, unless he was set on felo-de-se .
  • * 1840', , '''''Hooly and Fairly'', ''Fugitive Verses'', 1851, ''The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie , 2nd Edition, page 819,
    • O, gin my wife wad drink hooly and fairly!

    See also

    * hooley * hoolie ----