A Bible under the pillow protected the mother, or a bottle of holy water at the bed-foot did equally well; and the sacrament of baptism rendered the infant secure from fairies and witches.
Then the old man, whose hand was trembling so that he was fairly sprinkling the ground with holy water, exclaimed: "Jean!
Whoever shall climb to the top of that mountain from which you see the Golden River issue, and shall cast into the stream at its source three drops of holy water, for him, and for him only, the river shall turn to gold.
So he went to the priest, and the priest gave him some holy water as soon as he asked for it.
The first person he saw was a child dressed in a white alb and carrying a vessel of holy water; he was followed by a man in a surplice, bearing a silver cross, and after the latter came a priest, chanting the psalms for the dead.
You are very particular, gentlemen; better call the sacristan and have them washed in holy water.
Not satisfied with lashing his dogs, he rode them down, trampling them beneath his horse’s hoofs, flinging himself about in his saddle like a devil in a stoup of holy water.
Do not let it grieve you, therefore, if I never return to the confessional; never dip my fingers in holy water; never sign my bosom with the cross.
They may enter its sacred precincts at any hour, leaving the fret and trouble of the world behind them, and purifying themselves with a touch of holy water at the threshold.
A small vase of precious marble was full of holy water.
As the scene which we but faintly suggest shone calmly before the New England maiden at her entrance, she moved, as if by very instinct, to one of the vases of holy water, upborne against a column by two mighty cherubs.
Holy water is used to signify that our souls must be pure if we wish God to answer our prayers.
Then I found myself in my bed, surrounded by my servitors, who had had the courage to struggle with the demon, throwing into the bed where I was stretched a basin full of holy water, and saying fervent prayers to God.
Gavrinis was probably a place for the celebration of religious rites: he advances the opinion that the strange cavities were used to contain holy oil or holy water.
Thus in the Norfolk legend concerning St. Godric, the Devil is said to have thrown the vessel with itsholy water at the saint's head out of anger at his singing a canticle which the Virgin taught him.
He gives specific directions for exorcism of devils by means of holy water, the sign of the cross, and other charms.
Sometimes Mary's image is baptized in the river, while men and women line the bank, ready to leap into the holy water when she is lifted out.
If I have touched the font of holy water, instead of it purifying me, I have defiled it for their use; and when I have looked at the images of the saints the people have seen them frown at me.
Another rite connected with the mysteries was the use of holy water.
When they come to be men it will be impossible to convince those children that there is no efficacy in holy water, without plucking up all religious faith and sentiment by the roots.
The only other thing that I particularly noticed was, that in the fonts of holy water at the front entrance, marble fish are sculptured in the depths of the basin, and eels and shellfish crawling round the brim.
The Heathens had also their Aqua Lustralis, that is to say, Holy Water.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "holy water" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
