The primary meaning of holy is 'separate.

圣洁的基本含义是‘分离’。

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Dai, Lidan. "The Choice of Meaning in Holy Grail Seeking. " Foreign Literature Review(3)2007: 138-45.

代丽丹：《“圣杯”追寻中的意义选择》，《外国文学评论》2007年第3期，第138-45页。

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Ershan is not hill, the meaning of Mongolia language is holy water.

阿尔山不是山，蒙古语的意思为圣水。

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Now, the Hebrew word "holy" has a root meaning of separate. Separate.

现在，这个希伯来词语“神圣“，根源的意思是独立。

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And I was talking about the fact that for Deuteronomy the election of Israel, God's election of Israel means or entails the idea that Israel is a holy people, holy in the sense of separated to God that root meaning of holiness which means to be separated from the common or the ordinary.

我上次提到了《申命记》中的一个事实,以色列被选择，上帝选择以色列意味着,以色列是神圣的民族，对于上帝他们是分离的,这便是神圣的根本意义,意味着与一般和普通分离。

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"When Jesus washed the feet of those who were with him on the first Holy Thursday, he desired to teach all a lesson about the meaning of service, using a gesture that included all members of the community, " the office said in a statement.

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And the search for the Holy Grail still stands up over time, even after The DaVinci Code changed the meaning of that term.

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