Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Holy Spirit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wild angelica of Europe, Angelica sylvestris, formerly regarded as good against poison and pestilence. See
angelica .
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- proper noun Christianity One of the three
distinct Persons orHypostases of theHoly Trinity , the others beingGod theFather andGod theSon (Jesus ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For the Holy Ghost is my witness, and the angels done signed my name
Hot Tuna Lyrics 2009
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I tend to view God the Father as the conservative, absolutist, past and order oriented analogy, while the Holy Ghost is the future hope/mystery side of the equation, with Jesus being the complex intersection of order and chaos that is the present.
Crackergate Sean 2008
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Whiskey for the Holy Ghost is a masterpiece album.
Mark Lanegan William Harryman 2007
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In the work of sanctification the Holy Ghost comes and dwells in us; and hereon "our bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in us;" and "the temple of God is holy," 1 Cor.iii. 16, 17, -- although, I confess, this rather belongs unto the holiness of peculiar dedication unto God, whereof we shall treat afterward.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Again; with respect unto the manner of their communication, they are called merismoi tou Pneumatos hagiou, Heb.ii. 4, "distributions," or partitions "of the Holy Ghost;" not whereof the Holy Ghost is the subject, as though he were parted or divided, as the Socinians dream on this place, but whereof he is the author, the distributions which he makes.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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The Holy Ghost is the immediate author and cause of this work of regeneration.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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For the Holy Ghost is the love of Father and Son, as stated in the First Part (Q. 37, A. 1).
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Because the sin against the Holy Ghost is the sin of blasphemy, according to Matt.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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According to this interpretation the sin against the Holy Ghost is a special kind of sin, as also according to the first interpretation: whereas according to the second, it is not
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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For the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of the Son, according to Gal.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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