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Meanings of holy language in English

Russian
священный язык
Portuguese
língua litúrgica
Spanish
lengua liturgica
Catalan
llengua sacra

Language that is cultivated for religious reasons.

священный язык
Usage of holy language in English
1
They pray, morning, noon, and night, and that too in the holy language.
History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners F...
2
Nobody can touch classical Arabic because it is a holy language.
The Guardian
3
But holy men, like the holy language, must be read backwards.
Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
4
That's Yedan dialect -the monks' holy language.
Forge of Darkness
5
But nobody uses holy language on the street.
The Guardian
6
The Old Testament was written by this confused language of Assyria and Egypt which was called holy language.
Modern Persia
7
And is not he, Lebensohn himself, the heir to the prophets, the poet laureate and high priest to the holy language?
The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)
8
Now he said something in what sounded to Louis like the language of the shaven choir-leading priest: the holy language of the Engineers.
Ringworld
9
"You know very well," went on Pinchas, "that I and you are the only two persons in London who can write correct Holy Language."
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People