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HOLY PERSON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Person of exceptional holiness

Synonyms:

angel; holy man; holy person; saint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

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

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)

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