形 holy，sacred，imperial；名 sage，saint，emperor，a surname ；

[例句] 我们将门票收入都捐给了圣约翰急救队。 We gave the gate money to the St John Ambulance brigade.

[例句] 乐团在周一的圣灵降临节举行了首场演出。 The orchestra gave its first performance on Whit Monday.

sage，wise man，Man of God，sadhu，sadu；

[例句] 我已经受够了——即使是圣人忍耐也是有限的！ I've had enough—there are limits even for the patience of a saint!

[例句] 我觉得圣人都能被她逼疯。 I feel that she would try the patience of a saint.

Christmas Day，Christmas，Christmas day，Xm.，Xmas ；

[例句] “圣诞节以来物价降了4成，”他悲叹道。 "Prices are down 40 per cent since Christmas," he lamented.

[例句] “圣诞节时乔会来这里吗？”——“我想会的。” "Will Joe be here at Christmas?" — "I expect so."

[宗] pilgrimage，hadj （伊斯兰教），[电影]Pilgrimage；

[例句] 《古兰经》劝告人们在朝圣前斋戒，以作为一种补赎。 The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.

[例句] 那儿离朝圣之路与通往坎佩尔的道路的交叉路口很近。 It is near where the pilgrimage route crosses the road to Quimper.

sacred，holy，heavenliness，holiness，inviolability ；

[例句] 夫妇俩对婚姻的看法很传统，认为婚姻是神圣的结合。 The couple hold the unfashionable view that marriage is a sacred union.

[例句] 他们最神圣的教堂屋顶镀了金。 The holiest of their chapels are topped with gilded roofs.

a female deity，goddess，the Virgin Mary，the Madonna ；

[例句] 这些年轻人说几乎每天都会看到圣母马利亚显圣。 The young people have claimed almost daily visitations from the Virgin Mary.

[例句] 你能为我向圣母马利亚祈祷吗？ Will you pray to Our Lady for me?

Holy Communion，Eucharist，Lord's Supper，bread and wine，eulogia ；

[例句] 大部分村民只在复活节的时候领受圣餐。 Most villagers took communion only at Easter.

[例句] 牧师从圣餐台上拿起一座烛台. The vicar took a candlestick from the altar.

the Holy Bible，the Bible，Holy Writ，Bible，Book of Books ；

[例句] 这个团体与叙利亚的关系可以追溯到《圣经》时代。 The community's links with Syria date back to biblical times.

[例句] 理查德叔叔吟诵了《圣经》中的一章，又即兴作了一段祈祷文。 Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer.

[宗] the Holy Land，sacred place，sacred land，shrine，Holy Land；

[例句] 当驳船抵达圣地时，辅祭除去了柩衣。 When the barge reached the shrine, acolytes removed the pall.

[例句] 这块纪念碑屹立于圣地之上。 This memorial stands on sacred ground.

believer，disciple，devotee，a man of God，saint；

[例句] 圣女贞德终于在1920年由教皇本尼狄克十五世封为圣徒。 Joan of Arc was finally canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920.

[例句] 他荣升为圣徒是有充分理由的。 His elevation to sainthood is entirely justified.

sages and men of virtue，oracle ；

[例句] 我年轻时的确热心于和圣贤经常来往. Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint.

[例句] 人非圣贤, 孰能无过? Not everybody is a sage. Who can be entirely free from error?

grail，Sangreal ；

[例句] 一些人就把玛丽亚和圣杯与圣骑士连接在一起. Some people link Mary to the Holy Grail and the Knights Templar.

[例句] 噢? 圣杯溢满白色的酒? Oh? Cup which brims with the whitest of wine.

the son of God ；

[例句] 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画 a painting depicting the Virgin and Child

[例句] 圣子与圣父同体. The Son is consubstantial with the Father.

icon，eikon，ikon ；

[例句] 沙皇曾是活着的圣像，具有深远的历史和宗教意义。 A tsar was a living icon, invested with deep historical and religious significance.

[例句] 蜡烛在圣像前, 在十字架上的基督像前,闪着红光. Candles flickered redly before the saints, the Christ on his cross.

canon ；

[例句] 它的一种最初的急务就是编订一本确定的圣典. One of its first tasks was to outline a fixed canon.

[例句] 《圣典博伽瓦谭》第五篇讲述了有无数宇宙存在. The Fifth Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam tells of innumerable universes.

sacrament ；

[例句] 他接受了终傅圣事。 He was given extreme unction.

[例句] 给某人举行临终圣事 to administer the last rites to sb

Holy orders ；

[例句] 梅勒斯宣扬异端邪说，不得不立即免去其圣职。 Mellors was preaching heresy and had to be immediately defrocked.

[例句] 苏格兰长老会多年前就已开始任命女性担任圣职。 Women have been ordained for many years in the Church of Scotland.

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[例句] 圣迹剧!弗朗德勒人见鬼去吧! Let's have the Mystery, and the devil take the Flemings!

[例句] 今天的圣迹剧更好看,您说的? You can promise us that this Mystery will be a fine one?

chancel，altar ；

[例句] 圣坛两侧是两棵圣诞树。 The altar was flanked by two Christmas trees.

[例句] 教皇约翰·保罗二世身着白色长袍在简朴的圣坛前面跪下来。 Pope John Paul II knelt in his white robes before the simple altar.

[犹太教] Holy Place，Holy place，sanctuary，sanctum ；

[例句] 由于他的协助, 我也得到了进入这赫赫圣所的许可. With his assistance, I obtained admission to that sanctuary, too.

[例句] 他建了一座小教堂作为悼念亡妻的圣所. He built a chapel as a shrine to the memory of his dead wife.