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Holy Alliance

(Encyclopedia)Holy Alliance, 1815, agreement among the emperors of Russia and Austria and the king of Prussia, signed on Sept. 26. It was quite distinct from the Quadruple Alliance (Quintuple, after the admission o...

Holy City

(Encyclopedia)Holy City: see Prayagraj; Varanasi; Jerusalem; Mecca; Rome. ...

Holy Ghost

(Encyclopedia)Holy Ghost: see Holy Spirit.

Holy Grail

(Encyclopedia)Holy Grail: see Grail, Holy.

Holy Innocents

(Encyclopedia)Holy Innocents, in the New Testament, children of Bethlehem “from two years old and under,” killed by the order of Herod the Great in the attempt to destroy the infant Jesus. The Innocents have be...

Holy Island

(Encyclopedia)Holy Island or Lindisfarne lĭnˈdĭsfärn [key], off the coast of Northumberland, NE England. At low tide the island is connected with the mainland by a stretch of sand. It is partly cultivated, and ...

Holy Land

(Encyclopedia)Holy Land: see Palestine.

holy orders

(Encyclopedia)holy orders: see orders, holy.

Holy See

(Encyclopedia)Holy See: see Vatican City.

Grail, Holy

(Encyclopedia)Grail, Holy, a feature of medieval legend and literature. It appears variously as a chalice, a cup, or a dish and sometimes as a stone or a caldron into which a bleeding lance drips. It was identified...