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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :   [ easton ]

  Holy Ghost
     the third Person of the adorable Trinity.
     
       His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the
     attributes of personality, as intelligence and volition, are
     ascribed to him (John 14:17, 26; 15:26; 1 Cor. 2:10, 11; 12:11).
     He reproves, helps, glorifies, intercedes (John 16:7-13; Rom.
     8:26). (2) He executes the offices peculiar only to a person.
     The very nature of these offices involves personal distinction
     (Luke 12:12; Acts 5:32; 15:28; 16:6; 28:25; 1 Cor. 2:13; Heb.
     2:4; 3:7; 2 Pet. 1:21).
     
       His divinity is established (1) from the fact that the names
     of God are ascribed to him (Ex. 17:7; Ps. 95:7; comp. Heb.
     3:7-11); and (2) that divine attributes are also ascribed to
     him, omnipresence (Ps. 139:7; Eph. 2:17, 18; 1 Cor. 12:13);
     omniscience (1 Cor. 2:10, 11); omnipotence (Luke 1:35; Rom.
     8:11); eternity (Heb. 9:4). (3) Creation is ascribed to him
     (Gen. 1:2; Job 26:13; Ps. 104:30), and the working of miracles
     (Matt. 12:28; 1 Cor. 12:9-11). (4) Worship is required and
     ascribed to him (Isa. 6:3; Acts 28:25; Rom. 9:1; Rev. 1:4; Matt.
     28:19).
     

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ghost \Ghost\ (g[=o]st), n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS.
     g[=a]st breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g[=e]st spirit,
     soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament.
                                                    --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased
        person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a
        specter.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I thought that I had died in sleep,
              And was a blessed ghost.              --Coleridge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a
        phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the
        ghost of an idea.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the
              floor.                                --Poe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the
        surfaces of one or more lenses.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Ghost moth (Zo["o]l.), a large European moth ({Hepialus
        humuli); so called from the white color of the male, and
        the peculiar hovering flight; -- called also great
        swift.
  
     Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit; the Paraclete; the Comforter;
        (Theol.) the third person in the Trinity.
  
     To give up the ghost or To yield up the ghost, to die; to
        expire.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And he gave up the ghost full softly. --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered
              unto his people.                      --Gen. xlix.
                                                    33.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Holy \Ho"ly\, a. [Compar. Holier; superl. Holiest.] [OE.
     holi, hali, AS. h[=a]lig, fr. h[ae]l health, salvation,
     happiness, fr. h[=a]l whole, well; akin to OS. h?lag, D. & G.
     heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr.
     See Whole, and cf. Halibut, Halidom, Hallow,
     Hollyhock.]
     1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed;
        sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels;
        a holy priesthood. ``Holy rites and solemn feasts.''
        --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and
        virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly;
        pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Now through her round of holy thought
              The Church our annual steps has brought. --Keble.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Holy Alliance (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving
        religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for
        repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional
        government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia,
        Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of
        Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and
        subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe,
        except the pope and the king of England.
  
     Holy bark. See Cascara sagrada.
  
     Holy Communion. See Eucharist.
  
     Holy family (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ,
        his parents, and others of his family are represented.
  
     Holy Father, a title of the pope.
  
     Holy Ghost (Theol.), the third person of the Trinity; the
        Comforter; the Paraclete.
  
     Holy Grail. See Grail.
  
     Holy grass (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass ({Hierochloa
        borealis and Hierochloa alpina). In the north of Europe
        it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints'
        days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and
        western parts of the United States. Called also vanilla
        grass or Seneca grass.
  
     Holy Innocents' day, Childermas day.
  
     Holy Land, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity.
  
     Holy office, the Inquisition.
  
     Holy of holies (Script.), the innermost apartment of the
        Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and
        where no person entered, except the high priest once a
        year.
  
     Holy One.
        (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. ``
            The Holy One of Israel.'' --Is. xliii. 14.
        (b) One separated to the service of God.
  
     Holy orders. See Order.
  
     Holy rood, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed,
        in churches. over the entrance to the chancel.
  
     Holy rope, a plant, the hemp agrimony.
  
     Holy Saturday (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding
        the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter.
  
     Holy Spirit, same as Holy Ghost (above).
  
     Holy Spirit plant. See Dove plant.
  
     Holy thistle (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under
        Thistle.
  
     Holy Thursday. (Eccl.)
        (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day.
        (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy
            Thursday.
  
     Holy war, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians
        against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh,
        twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of
        the holy places.
  
     Holy water (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been
        blessed by the priest for sacred purposes.
  
     Holy-water stoup, the stone stoup or font placed near the
        entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water.
  
     Holy Week (Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the
        passion of our Savior is commemorated.
  
     Holy writ, the sacred Scriptures. `` Word of holy writ.''
        --Wordsworth.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ghost \Ghost\, n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS. g[=a]st
     breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g?st spirit, soul, D.
     geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.]
     1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.]
  
              Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
     2. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased
        person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a
        specter.
  
              The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. --Shak.
  
              I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a
              blessed ghost.                        --Coleridge.
  
     3. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a
        phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the
        ghost of an idea.
  
              Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the
              floor.                                --Poe.
  
     4. A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the
        surfaces of one or more lenses.
  
     Ghost moth (Zo["o]l.), a large European moth (Hepialus
        humuli); so called from the white color of the male, and
        the peculiar hovering flight; -- called also great
        swift.
  
     Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit; the Paraclete; the Comforter;
        (Theol.) the third person in the Trinity.
  
     To give up or yield up the ghost, to die; to expire.
  
              And he gave up the ghost full softly. --Chaucer.
  
              Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered
              unto his people.                      --Gen. xlix.
                                                    33.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Holy \Ho"ly\, a. [Compar. Holier; superl. Holiest.] [OE.
     holi, hali, AS. h[=a]lig, fr. h[ae]l health, salvation,
     happiness, fr. h[=a]l whole, well; akin to OS. h?lag, D. & G.
     heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr.
     See Whole, and cf. Halibut, Halidom, Hallow,
     Hollyhock.]
     1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed;
        sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels;
        a holy priesthood. ``Holy rites and solemn feasts.''
        --Milton.
  
     2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and
        virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly;
        pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God.
  
              Now through her round of holy thought The Church our
              annual steps has brought.             --Keble.
  
     Holy Alliance (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving
        religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for
        repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional
        government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia,
        Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of
        Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and
        subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe,
        except the pope and the king of England.
  
     Holy bark. See Cascara sagrada.
  
     Holy Communion. See Eucharist.
  
     Holy family (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ,
        his parents, and others of his family are represented.
  
     Holy Father, a title of the pope.
  
     Holy Ghost (Theol.),the third person of the Trinity; the
        Comforter; the Paraclete.
  
     Holy Grail. See Grail.
  
     Holy grass (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass ({Hierochloa
        borealis and H. alpina). In the north of Europe it was
        formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days;
        whence the name. It is common in the northern and western
        parts of the United States. Called also vanilla, or
        Seneca, grass.
  
     Holy Innocents' day, Childermas day.
  
     Holy Land, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity.
  
     Holy office, the Inquisition.
  
     Holy of holies (Script.), the innermost apartment of the
        Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and
        where no person entered, except the high priest once a
        year.
  
     Holy One.
        (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. ``
            The Holy One of Israel.'' --Is. xliii. 14.
        (b) One separated to the service of God.
  
     Holy orders. See Order.
  
     Holy rood, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed,
        in churches. over the entrance to the chancel.
  
     Holy rope, a plant, the hemp agrimony.
  
     Holy Saturday (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding
        the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter.
  
     Holy Spirit, same as Holy Ghost (above).
  
     Holy Spirit plant. See Dove plant.
  
     Holy thistle (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under
        Thistle.
  
     Holy Thursday. (Eccl.)
        (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day.
        (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy
            Thursday.
  
     Holy war, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians
        against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh,
        twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of
        the holy places.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  Holy Ghost
       n : the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles
           that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion
           and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost [syn: Holy Spirit]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Holy Ghost
     Αγγλικά n.
     Άγιο Πνεύμα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Holy Ghost
     n.
     The plant ''Angelica archangelica''.
     n.
     (lb en Christianity) The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or
  Godhead corresponding to divine essence, which becomes present in and
  among the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and is considered to
  proceed either (lb en Eastern Orthodoxy) from God the Father alone or
  (lb en Roman Catholicism) from Him together with God the Son.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Holy Ghost
     n.
     The plant ''Angelica archangelica''.
     n.
     (lb en Christianity) The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or
  Godhead corresponding to divine essence, which becomes present in and
  among the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and is considered to
  proceed either (lb en Eastern Orthodoxy) from God the Father alone or
  (lb en Roman Catholicism) from Him together with God the Son.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Holy Ghost
     n.
     The plant ''Angelica archangelica''.
     n.
     (lb en Christianity) The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or
  Godhead corresponding to divine essence, which becomes present in and
  among the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and is considered to
  proceed either (lb en Eastern Orthodoxy) from God the Father alone or
  (lb en Roman Catholicism) from Him together with God the Son.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Holy Ghost
     n.
     The plant ''Angelica archangelica''.
     n.
     (lb en Christianity) The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or
  Godhead corresponding to divine essence, which becomes present in and
  among the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and is considered to
  proceed either (lb en Eastern Orthodoxy) from God the Father alone or
  (lb en Roman Catholicism) from Him together with God the Son.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  Holy Ghost /hˈəʊli ɡˈəʊst/ 
   [náb] Duch svatý

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  Holy Ghost /hˈəʊli ɡˈəʊst/
  
  ’γιο Πνεύμα

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  holy ghost /hˈəʊli ɡˈəʊst/ 
  1. दिव्य आत्मा
        "स्वर्ग में 'holy ghost'(दिव्य आत्मा) रहतीहैं."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  holy ghost /hˈəʊli ɡˈəʊst/
  szentlélek

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