holtenia

[Named after M. Holten, resident in the Faroe Islands.] Zool.: A genus of vitreous sponges. Holtenia carpenter i , discovered in 1868 at the bottom of the North Atlantic, has been called the Sea-nest. hō-lỹ, *halghe, *hale we, *haligh, *halow, *hali, holi, *hooly, a . [A. S. hálig , from hál = whole; cogn. with Dut. heilig , from heel whole; Icel. heilagr , helgr , from haill =whole; Dan. hellig , from heel whole; Sw. helig, from hel; Ger. heilig, from heil. The original meaning is thus whole, perfect, excellent.] [HALE, WHOLE.] 1. Free from sin or sinful affections; pious, pure in heart, godly, religious, righteous. "Holy men at their death have good inspirations." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, i. 2. 2. Sainted, beatified, divine, immaculate. "By God's holy mother."- Shakesp .: Richard III ., i. 3. 3. Consecrated or set apart for some sacred use or service; sacred, hallowed, reverend. Holy conveys the most comprehensive idea; pious and devout designate most fervour of mind. Piety lies in the heart, and may appear externally; but devotion does not properly exist except in an external observance: a man piously resigns himself to the will of God in the midst of his afflictions; he prays devoutly in the bosom of his family. Divine signifies either belonging to the Deity or being like the Deity; but from the loosene of its application it has lost in some respects the dignity of its meaning. What is holy and sacred is in its very nature divine ; but the divine is not always either holy or sacred . (Crabb: Eng. Syпоп.) *holy-ale, s. A rural festival; a holiday. [ALE.] Holy-alliance, s. Hist .: An alliance formed at Paris on Sept. 26, 1815, between the Emperors of Ru ia and Austria and the King of Pru ia. On Dec. 25, 1816, the Emperor of Ru ia, who was believed to be the real author of the alliance, publicly made known its character. These sovereigns undertook in future to act on the principles of the Gospel, and to support other's authority. Other sovereigns were invited to join the alliance. The King of England declined the invitation, for this, among other reasons, that the constitution of his country did not permit him personally to sign such a document. Ultimately it became apparent that the object of the alliance was to support absolutism against popular aspirations for constitutional government, and when in 1821 the allied sovereigns invited the cooperation of other countries in putting down revolution at Naples, Lord Castlereagh sent an unfavorable reply. Byron ( Don Juan , xiv. 83) sneers at the "Holy Three," and to Moore's Fables for the Holy Alliance were prefixed Dryden's lines ( Virgil : Georg . iv. 162, 163) — "Clip the wings Of these high-flying arbitrary kings." The Holy Alliance subsequently interfered in the Spanish Revolution, and then disappeared from history. "Apprehensions at all resembling those which, in our age, induced the Holy Alliance to interfere in the internal troubles of Naples and Spain." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. ii.