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holy fools

holy fools is the plural of holy fool.

Meaning of holy fool

Noun

holy fool (plural holy fools)

  1. (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) A person, often associated with gifts of prophecy and insight, who publicly acts as if mad or stupid, but whose madness is seen as concealing an inner sanctity for the purpose of self-humiliation.
    Synonyms:
    fool for Christ, yurodivy

Questions about holy fools

What is holy fools the plural of?
Holy fools is the plural of holy fool.

Words near holy fools in the dictionary

  1. Holy Family
  2. Holy Father
  3. holy fire
  4. holy flax
  5. holy fool
  6. holy fools
  7. Holy Foreskin
  8. Holy Friday
  9. holy fuck
  10. holy fudge
  11. Holy Ghost

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