† life-holyadj.
Obsolete.
Of a person: characterized by a holy or devout existence.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [adjective]
holyc897
saintc1175
life-holya1200
sanctifiedc1485
saintish1529
saintlikec1580
sainted1610
sancteous1631
savoury1642
saintly1660
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 133 (MED) God sende þe holi engel gabriel to þe lif holie prest zacharie.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 255 To hire achne schrift fader oðer to sum lif hali [a1250 Nero lifholie] mon..culle as [read al] þe pot ut.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. x. l. 195 Lyf-holy as eremites.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 303 Lyyf, hooly [read lyyf-hooly], devotus, sanctus.
Derivatives
life-holiness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun]
devotion?c1225
life-holiness?c1225
love-awe?c1225
reverencec1300
Godfrightiheada1325
pity1340
devoutness1377
truthc1384
love-dreada1400
fearc1400
pietya1500
godliness1528
devoteness1606
heavenly-mindedness1612
obedientialness1651
piousness1659
devotionalness1673
unction1692
theopathy1749
devoteeism1828
pietism1829
bhakti1832
devotionality1850
devotionalism1859
pi1897
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 114 Ha aȝen to beon of þe hali lif þet al halichirche..luue [c1230 Corpus Cambr. leonie] & wreoðie upon ham. & heo halden hire up wið hare lif halinesse.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. vi. l. 80 (MED) Lyf-holynesse and loue han ben longe hennes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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adj.a1200