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View synonyms for Holy Joe

Holy Joe

noun

, Slang.
  1. a chaplain, especially in the U.S. armed forces.
  2. a minister or priest.
  3. a sanctimonious or overly pious person.


Holy Joe

noun

  1. a minister or chaplain
  2. any sanctimonious or self-righteous person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Holy Joe1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

You may be backed by Limbaugh and by all the other schlock jocks, But Holy Joe and I have this election in a lockbox.

“It can sound a bit Holy Joe, but we believe football has a special place in society,” he said.

The ones they've had at every school I've gone to, they all have these Holy Joe voices when they start giving their sermons.

Red, Woolly, Punk and a saturnine-faced Texan whose addiction to unique expletives of an unconventional nature had secured for him the sobriquet of "Holy Joe."

“Holy Joe!” exclaimed the hobo looking up with sudden interest, “say, how long ago did he leave?”

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