Word.ws English Dictionary

holy rood

UK/ˈhɒli ˈɹuːd/

holy rood is the alternative letter-case form of Holy Rood.

Proper noun capitalized: Holy Rood

Holy Rood

  1. Synonym of True Cross: the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.
    Synonyms:
    True Cross
  2. (alternative) Alternative form of Holyrood: the Scottish Parliament, its chambers, or the surrounding neighborhood.

Synonyms of holy rood

Forms of holy rood

alternative formholy rood
alternative formHolyrood

Origin of holy rood

From Middle English Holy Rood, Holyrode, holy-rode, holy roode, hali rode, halgorode, equivalent to holy + rood (“crucifix, cross”).

Questions about holy rood

What does holy rood mean?
Holy rood means synonym of True Cross: the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.
What is holy rood the alternative letter-case form of?
Holy rood is the alternative letter-case form of Holy Rood.
What part of speech is holy rood?
Holy rood is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce holy rood?
Holy rood is pronounced /ˈhɒli ˈɹuːd/ (UK).

Words near holy rood in the dictionary

  1. Holy Roman Emperors
  2. Holy Roman Empire
  3. Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
  4. Holy Roman Empress
  5. Holy Roman Empresses
  6. holy rood
  7. Holy Rood Day
  8. Holy Saturday
  9. Holy Saturdays
  10. Holy Sea
  11. Holy See

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: holy rood (page history and authors); Holy Rood (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “holy rood.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/holy_rood. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.