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11 sentences with 'holy'

Example sentences and phrases with the word holy and other words derived from it.


• « The holy martyr gave his life for his ideals. »
holy: The holy martyr gave his life for his ideals.
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• « 2. Every Muslim must pray five times a day, facing towards the holy city of Mecca. »
• « 3. During the holy month of Ramadan, every Muslim must fast from sunrise to sunset. »
• « Islam's holy writings are also closely aligned with Jewish and Christian values and thought. »
• « Originally, monasticism was linked to asceticism, that is, self-denial, following the example of an Egyptian holy man named Antony. »
• « Thus, the crusades were the first armed Christian pilgrimage, and indeed, the first "official" Christian holy war in the history of the religion. »
• « For the first time in its history, Zoroastrianism became the official state religion and its holy books were codified, in contrast to the previous oral traditions of the religion. »
• « Under Sultan Selim I ("The Grim", r. 1512 - 1520), Ottoman forces conquered Egypt from the Mamluk Turks and took over the rule and supervision of the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina, hitherto under Mamluk control. »
• « One aspect of Islam that distinguishes it from Judaism and Christianity is that the Qur'an has a single point of origin, the recitations of Muhammad himself, and Muslims believe that it cannot be translated from Arabic and remains the "true" holy book. »
• « Over the next few decades they gained a formidable reputation as ghazis, holy warriors, but they also set out to take over the lands of former Byzantine subjects without inflicting excessive destruction or cruelty (to Muslims, Christians and Jews alike). »
• « The Reconquista was not completed until 1492, the same year that Columbus sailed in search of a western route to Asia, and many of the Spanish conquistadors who later invaded South and Central America had gained their military experience from what they saw as the holy wars against the Muslim inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula. »

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