Incorrupt vs Holy - What's the difference?
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not corrupt, void of moral corruption
* {{quote-book, year=1850, author=Isaac Disraeli, title=Literary Character of Men of Genius, chapter=, edition=
, passage=He slighted the plaudits of their theatre, he abhorred their dances and their horse-races, he was abstinent even at a festival, and incorrupt himself, perpetually admonished the dissipated citizens of their impious abandonment of the laws of their country. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1876, author=William Wordsworth, title=The Prose Works of William Wordsworth, chapter=, edition=
, passage=The courts of British justice are impartial and incorrupt ; they respect not the persons of men; the poor man's lamb is, in their estimation, as sacred as the monarch's crown; with inflexible integrity they adjudge to every man his own. }}
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 6, author=Haroon Siddiqui, title=Toronto terror conviction and the war on terror in Afghanistan, work=Toronto Star
, passage=His, and NATO's, hopes of an incorrupt and credible government has been dealt a blow with the fraud-laden presidential election and Hamid Karzai's political alliances with warlords, war criminals and drug dealers. }}
free from physical decay
* {{quote-book, year=1895, author=Alban Butler, title=The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints, chapter=, edition=
, passage=His body was found incorrupt in 1063, and placed in a monument on the side of the high altar: and in 1170 it was enshrined in a silver case. }}
Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
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.
(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:
Incorrupt is a related term of holy.
As adjectives the difference between incorrupt and holy
is that incorrupt is not corrupt, void of moral corruption while holy is naked.incorrupt
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* incorruptnessholy
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(er)- I'm planning to visit the holy city of Mecca this Ramadan.
- 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, specialAntonyms
* (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) commonDerived 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 WeekNoun
(holies)- 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.