HOLY MAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holy man mean? 

• HOLY MAN (noun)
  The noun HOLY MAN has 1 sense:

1. person of exceptional holiness

  Familiarity information: HOLY MAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLY MAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Person of exceptional holiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

angel; holy man; holy person; saint

Hypernyms ("holy man" is a kind of...):

good person (a person who is good to other people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holy man"):

Buddha (one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment)

fakeer; fakir; faqir; faquir (a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man)

 Context examples 

“See the tower of the old gray church, and the long stretch of the nunnery. But here sits a very holy man, and I shall give him a crown for his prayers.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It appears to be a very holy man,” said Alleyne.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Nay, nay,” cried Alleyne, “this was a holy man who had journeyed to Jerusalem, and acquired a dropsy by running from the house of Pilate to the Mount of Olives.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

How could you bring a fresh pang to this holy man, who hath endured so much and hath journeyed as far as Christ's own blessed tomb?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I uncovered and louted as I passed thinking that he might be a holy man at his orisons, but he called to me and asked me if I had heard speak of the new indulgence in favor of the Cistercians.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)