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Holy Week

Holy Week proper noun: the week preceding Easter; each of its days is a holy day.

holy week: the week preceding Easter; each of its days is a holy day
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Proper noun

Holy Week

  1. The week preceding Easter; each of its days is a holy day.
    • Holonyms: Eastertime < calendar
    • Meronyms: Palm Sunday; Holy Monday; Holy Tuesday; Holy Wednesday, Good Wednesday, Spy Wednesday; Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday, Green Thursday, Sheer Thursday, White Thursday; Holy Friday, Good Friday, Black Friday, Golden Friday, Great Friday, Pasch of the Cross; Holy Saturday, Black Saturday

Holy Week meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Indonesian and Vietnamese

Holy Week in Tamil

புனித வாரம்

Holy Week in Tagalog

week preceding Easter
Semana Santa, Mahal na Araw

Holy Week in Indonesian

week preceding Easter
pekan suci

Holy Week in Vietnamese

week preceding Easter
Tuần Thánh

Questions about Holy Week

What does Holy Week mean?
Holy Week means the week preceding Easter; each of its days is a holy day.
What is Holy Week in Tamil?
Holy Week in Tamil is புனித வாரம். See Holy Week meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Holy Week?
Holy Week is a proper noun.

Words near Holy Week in the dictionary

  1. holy water sprinkler
  2. holy water sprinklers
  3. holy waters
  4. Holy Wednesday
  5. Holy Wednesdays
  6. Holy Week
  7. Holy Willie
  8. Holy Willies
  9. holy writ
  10. Holy Writs
  11. holy year

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Holy Week (page history and authors); holy week (Tamil Wiktionary) (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.

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