HOLY, sacred, devoted or set apart for religious worship or observance. It is a term characteristic of the sublimity and per fection of God, as the object of human reverence, awe and wor ship; and it is applicable to all that is held sacred or that excites awe, particularly, though not exclusively, to what is worthy of veneration or reverence on the ground of its moral worth ; hence the term is transferred to those human persons, who, either be cause of their devotion to a spiritual life, or because of their moral perfection, are considered worthy of reverence. See RELI GION.