Meaning

1 senses
  1. The Bible or Quran, or by extension the scripture of another religion.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. The Qur'an is not my holy book.

    Коран - не моя свята книга. — deniko

  2. This violates about a million penal codes and every holy book there is.

  3. Do Muslims have a holy book?

  4. The Bible is a holy book.

    ruБиблия - священная книга. — marafon

  5. Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.

Origin

From Middle English holy boke, holi boc, haly boke, haliȝ boc, from Old English hāliġ bōc,

From Middle English holy boke, holi boc, haly boke, haliȝ boc, from Old English hāliġ bōc, equivalent to holy + book.

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