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pope-holy

pope-holy adjective: sanctimonious.

Adjective

pope-holy (comparative more pope-holy, superlative most pope-holy)

  1. (offensive) sanctimonious.

Forms of pope-holy

comparativemore pope-holy
superlativemost pope-holy

Origin of pope-holy

From pope + holy.

Questions about pope-holy

What does pope-holy mean?
Pope-holy means sanctimonious.
What part of speech is pope-holy?
Pope-holy is an adjective.

Words near pope-holy in the dictionary

  1. pope's eye
  2. pope's head
  3. pope's living room
  4. pope's nose
  5. Pope's pear
  6. pope-holy
  7. popeable
  8. Popean
  9. poped
  10. popedom
  11. popedoms

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