holy being

Example Sentences

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The virtuous choose, are virtuous by choice; the holy, being one, deliberate not—their volitions answering spontaneously to their desires.

From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson

But as for you, holy being, let me tell you, I am brimming over with ecstasy.”

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

“Gentlemen,” I said, “I feel that a holy being is in that carriage.”

From Memorials of the Faithful by `Abdu'l-Bahá

For that holy being, that resplendent person, with all her heart and soul and endless love, had ever fostered and cherished him in the warm embrace of her celestial tenderness.

From Bahíyyih Khánum by Baha'i World Centre

I did not speak to her, for she was to me a holy being, not to be addressed lightly.

From Cord and Creese by De Mille, James