holy week

ho·ly week

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hoh-lee week]
- /ˈhoʊ li wik/
- /ˈhəʊli wiːk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hoh-lee week]
- /ˈhoʊ li wik/

Definitions of holy week words

noun holy week the week preceding Easter Sunday. 1
noun holy week week leading up to Easter 1
uncountable noun holy week In the Christian religion, Holy Week is the week before Easter, when Christians remember the events leading up to the death of Christ. 0
noun holy week the week preceding Easter Sunday 0
noun holy week the week before Easter 0

See all 5 definitions of holy week

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Origin of holy week

First appearance:

before 1700

One of the 50% oldest English words

1700-10; translation of Italian settimana santa

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Parts of speech for Holy week

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Holy week

holy week popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

holy week usage trend in Literature

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