Meaning

3 senses
  1. A war which is primarily caused or justified by differences in religion and beliefs.

    The conflict is beginning to look like a holy war between Sunnis and Shias.

  2. (Internet)A long-running and acrimonious debate or flame war over personal preferences in technical matters, such as the choice between little-endian and big-endian representation.

    heiliger Krieg

    свяще́нная война́svjaščénnaja vojná

    свяще́нна війна́svjaščénna vijná

  3. The rivalry between the sports teams of Brigham Young University and the University of Utah.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I cannot understand how everyone said the Holy War occurred for a good cause.

  2. All the divine religions in the world defend the concept of Holy War.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a type of war — see also war of religion:
Русский
By meaning 1
a type of war — see also war of religion:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a type of war — see also war of religion:

Forms

plural: holy wars
Singularholy war
Pluralholy wars

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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