holy joe
1holy Joe — 1. n. a chaplain; a cleric; a clergyman. □ I went to see the holy Joe, and he was a lot of help. □ Old holy Joe wants to see all of us at services. 2. n. a very pious person. □ Martin looks stuffy, but he’s o holy Joe …
2Holy Joe — noun informal a clergyman. ↘(also Holy Mary) a pious person. Origin C19: orig. naut. sl …
3Holy Joe — noun Date: circa 1874 slang parson, chaplain …
4Holy Joe — Slang. 1. a chaplain, esp. in the U.S. armed forces. 2. a minister or priest. 3. a sanctimonious or overly pious person. [1870 75] * * * …
5holy joe — Everyday English Slang in Ireland n sanctimonious person …
6Holy Joe — chaplain, clergyman (Military Slang) …
7holy Joe — /hoʊli ˈdʒoʊ/ (say hohlee joh) noun Colloquial 1. a member of a religious order. 2. one of unpleasantly rigid religious principle. 3. a Roman Catholic. {19th century; origin unknown} …
8holy Joe — Ostentatiously pious person …
9Holy Joe — noun a chaplain in one of the military services • Syn: ↑military chaplain, ↑padre, ↑sky pilot • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑ …
10holy — adj. (holier, holiest) 1 morally and spiritually excellent or perfect, and to be revered. 2 belonging to, devoted to, or empowered by, God. 3 consecrated, sacred. 4 used in trivial exclamations (holy cow!; holy mackerel!; holy Moses!; holy… …
