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holy water

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holy water

Summary

holy water ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,584 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • holy water is a type of liquid water[2].
  • holy water is a type of religious object[3].
  • holy water's Commons category is recorded as Holy water[4].
  • holy water's facet of is recorded as water and religion[5].
  • holy water's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • holy water's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • holy water's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[8].
  • holy water's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • holy water's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • holy water's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • holy water's has characteristic is recorded as blessing[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include liquid water[2] and religious object[3].

Why It Matters

holy water ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,584 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · TextworkerBot bot · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Zwijnaarde Sint-Niklaaskerk wijwater 24-7-2008 12-54-18.jpg, BW Beuron church 17.jpg, Holy Water (5069964872).jpg +7
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Gujin Tushu Jicheng +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q19180675]], moved from ruwikisource"
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