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holy fire en · NOUN

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Etymology

From Middle English holi fir, haliȝ fir, equivalent to holy + fire.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, uncountable) An ardent devotion or enthusiasm for God or Christian ideals; Christian fervor.
   • When we yield to Him, this holy fire will burn away self and give us a holy, burning passion for the lost. 2007, T. L. Lowery, Walking in the Supernatural:
   • But I now leave this great and wonderful call of Moses, to the sacred historian, whose pen is dipped in holy fire, and whose words are the words of God. 1787, J. Yonge, Practical and explanatory Commentary on the Holy Bible, page 44:
   • As with Moses, Holy Fire precedes the commission for duty. It is The Eternal Fire of Almighty God. It consumes all but is never burned out. “Our God is a consuming fire” (see Hebrews 12:29). Don't you want to be a part of this kind of uprising? It is radical. It is energized by the Holy Fire and Heat of God. It will one day fill the whole wide world! 2012, Joanne Carraway, Windows into the Third Heaven:

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